The weather may have been cold and snowy outside but the action was hot and sweaty inside at the 11th Annual Terrapin Mikasa Invitational. Six teams advanced to the championship power pool at the conclusion of initial pool play. Maryland was joined by Buffalo and Texas in one pool. The other pool consisted of Virginia Tech, Syracuse, and Frostburg. Although Maryland had breezed through pool play without opposite hitter Eduardo Graf, the power pools looked challenging when setter Bryant Lee turned an ankle on a stray ball during warm-ups.
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The University of Maryland Men's Volleyball team opened their defense of the 1996 National Collegiate Club Championship by winning the 1997 Army Invitational January 25. With a solid nucleus from the 1996 National Championship team, the Terrapins advanced to the championship play-offs by coming in first in their preliminary pool.