Mizzou Men’s Club Volleyball, A-team The best team and closest family we’ve had in recent history. 12 upperclassmen/graduates and 3 underclassmen. It’s safe to say this tight-knit group would be better defined as a brotherhood. This team achieved 1st place at all 7 tournaments attended prior to nationals: • Iowa Hawkeye Invitational • Illini 16 • Mizzou Tiger Spike Showdown • Conference Regional • Hoosier-Illini • Conference Crossover • Conference Championships These tigers harnessed the No. 2 overall ranking for the 3 most recent ranking dates, ultimately moving to No. 1 overall upon entering the National tournament. At Nationals, we swept day 1 and battled day 2 for admission to the gold bracket. The Division I gold bracket harbors the top 16 of 288 total men’s teams can fight for the natty chip. The last 2 years your tigers have choked the first game of gold bracket, tying for 9th in the country. This year was different and we broke the curse. We left everything on the...