MISSOULA — There was a bitter taste left in the mouth of the Griz volleyball program at the end of last season.

A challenging campaign was beginning to find a bright light and turn a corner as UM won four of its final five games, but despite that, the Grizzlies just missed out of the Big Sky Conference tournament and finished 10-17.

So this offseason held plenty of fuel for those coming back.

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"We pretty much decided that that's not going to be a thing this year," senior defensive specialist Alexis Batezel said. "And we are not accepting that as even being a thought. It's easy to get sucked into the past or what it could be or what it could have been. And we'r

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