NEWARK, DE – The University of Delaware volleyball team will make its first NCAA Tournament appearance on Friday night at 6 p.m. when the Blue Hens take on Princeton at St. John’s University.

Delaware’s four-team pod is comprised of four conference champions. The CAA Champion Blue Hens will join St. John’s, who won the BIG EAST title, Princeton, the Ivy League champion, and Long Island, who finished first in the Northeast Conference, in Queens, NY.

The winner of the Delaware – Princeton opening round match will advance to the second round where they will face either St. John’s or Long Island. The second round contest is slated to begin at 8 p.m. on Saturday.

Tickets for the matches are now on sale. They can be purchased by calling 1-888-GO-STORM or by visiting the ticket office in the lobby of Carnesecca Arena.

For fans who cannot attend the matches, live stats and streaming video of the contests will be available on the St. John’s website by logging onto http://redstormsports.cstv.com.

The Blue Hens enter the NCAA Tournament on a 10-match winning streak. That ties the longest streak of the season for the Hens, who also started the 2007 campaign by winning 10 straight matches.

Delaware is led by senior co-captains Colleen Walsh and Megan Welch, who both earned first team All-Conference honors. Sophomore Steph Barry was also selected to the first team squad, while Kelly Gibson earned third-team honors.

Freshman Katie Dennehy also made the CAA's All-Rookie team, and sophomore Michelle LaLonde (above) is first on the team with a .318 hitting percentage, second with 81 blocks, and third with 357 kills.