photo courtesy of Wash. U athletic department The No. 3 Washington University volleyball team will begin its NCAA championship defense against Frostburg State University on Thursday, in Springfield, Ohio, at 2:30 p.m. (CT). The Bears enter the postseason as the No. 1 seed in the Great Lakes Regional.

The Bears are 9-time national champions having won in 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2007.

The Bears went 30-6, 10-1 UAA this season under head coach Rich Luenemann , who is 314-41, with an .885 winning percentage in his nine years with the school.

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