Stanford tested before season starts

By Ann Miller

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Aug 24, 2012

~~<p>Tonight's volleyball season opener will look much like every other, but it won't be the same. It can't be, especially for Stanford and its coach, John Dunning.</p>
<p>There will be a large, adoring, curious Stan Sheriff Center crowd for eighth-ranked Hawaii, which hosts the Chevron Rainbow Wahine Invitational. Albany — UH's first opponent — ended last season in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The sixth-ranked Cardinal went out in the second. Saint Mary's is picked to finish first in its conference.</p>
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Tonight's volleyball season opener will look much like every other, but it won't be the same. It can't be, especially for Stanford and its coach, John Dunning.

There will be a large, adoring, curious Stan Sheriff Center crowd for eighth-ranked Hawaii, which hosts the Chevron Rainbow Wahine Invitational. Albany — UH's first opponent — ended last season in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The sixth-ranked Cardinal went out in the second. Saint Mary's is picked to finish first in its conference. Login for more...