GREELEY, Colo. -- With six road victories in seven tries this season, Northern Colorado's volleyball program is in the midst of a beginning to a season that couldn't have been written much better.

And the Bears adopted a page from their history Saturday night, Sept. 13, in hosting their annual Alumni Match. Lyndsey Benson's team hopes its the beginning of what they hope is a strong home-court advantage during the 2008 season.

The Alumni squad, featuring many contributors from Northern Colorado's past, started out rusty after having not played together much prior to the match, and the current squad took advantage early and held on late in set three for a 3-0 victory (25-18, 25-18, 25-23).

Much as they have during the early part of the season, Kenzie Shreeve and Allison Raguse led the current Bears in the straight-sets win.

Shreeve contributed 12 kills and was one of three Northern Colorado players to scoop eight digs, and Raguse, hitting at a scorching .385 clip, matched Shreeve with 12 kills and had three service aces.

Breanna VanDerMost led the way defensively with 12 digs, and senior Lauren Carter dished out 34 assists.

Erin Deffenbaugh, the NCAA Division II National Player of the Year, and Lizzy Rhoads led the Alumni group with five kills, and Abby Mayne, who finished her Bears' career last season on the program's top 10 all-time digs list, led the team with nine digs.

Stormie Wells, one of four Northern Colorado's Hall of Famers on this year's Alumni team, was the director with 24 assists.

The current Bears will continue their season on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 19 and 20 at Montana and Montana State.

Then, following a match on Sept. 23 at Denver, Northern Colorado will officially open its home schedule against Sacramento State on Sept. 27.