BOULDER – When Liz Kritza arrived at Colorado from Tulane in 2009 to become CU’s volleyball coach, she brought plenty of memories with her – many pleasant, some at the darker end of that spectrum.
Kritza had been the Green Wave’s coach for one match of the 2005 season when Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Those were among her darkest memories, and as she and her players became closer at her new school, Kritza began sharing some of them.
But this was Boulder, nestled at 5,430 feet above sea level at the base of the Rocky Mountains. Kritza conceded she was never sure that her stories of rising floodwaters, untold devastation and widespread heroism hit home with her CU players – not until 10 days ago.
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