[caption id="attachment_30507" align="alignleft" width="180" caption="Senior outside hitter Tara Hester has seen playing time in 19 sets so far this season.
[caption id="attachment_30378" align="alignleft" width="232" caption="Virginia freshman middle hitter Tobi Farrar's seven kills were not enough against Villanova, as the Cavaliers fell in straight sets to the Wildcats Saturday.
Coming off a momentous weekend in Nebraska, the Virginia volleyball team returns to Memorial Gym to start the two-day Marriott Cavalier Invitational, which will feature Albany, Villanova and in-state rival Virginia Tech. At the Ameritas Players Challenge in Lincoln, Neb.
[caption id="attachment_30078" align="alignleft" width="176" caption="Senior outside hitter Lauren Dickson leads the Cavaliers in kills per set with 3.8, up from her 2008 average of 2.84, which also led the team.
[caption id="attachment_29997" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Virginia volleyball coach Lee Maes joined the program last fall after serving as an assistant coach at Nebraska from 2005 to 2007.
[caption id="attachment_29940" align="alignleft" width="193" caption="Freshman setter Rachel Gray has been an immediate contributor to her team, earning All-Tournament team honors this weekend.
[caption id="attachment_29931" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Senior outside hitter Lauren Dickson is second on the team in kills with 28 after playing all nine sets this weekend.
[caption id="attachment_29871" align="alignleft" width="177" caption="Sophomore Simone Asque's ACC All-Freshman Team performance last season will be a tough act to follow for this year's newcomers.
The Virginia women's volleyball team ended its season-opening weekend in Texas with a record of 1-2.
[caption id="attachment_29796" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Senior outside hitter Lauren Dickson played 108 sets last season, contributing 307 kills and adding 37 service aces to the team's total of 167.
[caption id="attachment_29777" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Sophomore Simone Asque was named to the preseason All-ACC Team this fall.
