The Violets’ 2025 season was perfect on paper until the Elite Eight loss. Despite an imperfect record to start the season, the Violets’ triumph over Cal Lutheran felt to the players like nothing short of revenge for last year’s Elite Eight loss. But a new season brings in a set of fresh faces who now make up just under half of the roster. In the last decade the Violets have won the United Volleyball Conference title three times, but have never taken home a national championship. “We’re trying to build something here that is gonna last forever, and a culture that is not gonna go away,” Evans said.