Aug. 8, 2013

DENTON, Texas -

With report day on Friday, August 9, we sat down with first-year head volleyball coach Andrew Palileo and senior Courtney Windham to discuss the new season, state of the team and the C-USA preseason rankings, which have North Texas finishing fourth.

The Mean Green, coming off a historic 26-12 season, received three first place votes and had two players named preseason all-conference in sophomore Carnae Dillard and Windham.

Here is the full preseason poll for C-USA:

1. Rice (3)
2. Tulsa (4)
2. UTSA (2)
4. North Texas (3)
5. UTEP
6. Middle Tennessee (2)
7. UAB
8. Marshall
9. FIU
10. Tulane
11. Southern Miss
12. Charlotte
13. Florida Atlantic
14. Louisiana Tech
15. East Carolina