TUCSON, Ariz. -- Arizona volleyball players Devyn Cross, Kendra Dahlke, Candice Denny, Julia Patterson and Elizabeth Shelton will attend the USA Volleyball National Team Tryout in Colorado Springs, Colorado this weekend, March 2-4.

The five Wildcats are among over 200 athletes from 90 colleges across the country vying form sports on the US Women's National Team and the US Collegiate National Team Program.

Arizona and USA Volleyball have a long connection and a rich history, most recently with Madi Kingdon, who played for the U.S. National Team this summer.

The 2010 Women's National Team Tryout had three future Olympians that won bronze at the 2016 Olympics. Rachael Adams (Cincinnati, Ohio), Kelly Murphy (Wilmington, Illinois) and Carli Lloyd (Bonsall, California) all were picked to compete in the U.S. Women's National A2 Program (now referred to as U.S. Collegiate National Team). All three used their High Performance pipeline training to earn spots on the National Team and eventually the Olympic Games roster.

U.S. Women's National Team Head Coach Karch Kiraly will direct the entire tryout process. The list of athletes attending the tryout can be viewed at the bottom of this release or by clicking here.

The tryout will involve four sessions with three waves per session. Friday's first session goes from 2-8 p.m. MT, while Saturday's sessions are at 8 a.m. (focus on serve/receive and individual work) and 2 p.m. (middle-centered and out-of-system focus). The final session on Sunday begins at 7:30 a.m. MT with tournament style play, along with 16-18 athletes selected by the U.S. Women's National Team staff to participate in a "USA" training session. The Sunday session wraps up at 10:30 a.m. MT. Fans wishing to attend the tryout in Sports Center II should access the U.S. Olympic Training Center through the entrance on Union Boulevard.

All sessions minus the USA training session on Sunday morning will be streamed live and available for free by clicking here. USA Volleyball will use #USAVtryout as the event hashtag for photos, notes, quotes and stories posted to its social media platforms Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter and Instagram under the handle @usavolleyball.

Selected athletes for the U.S. Women's National Team may begin their training in Anaheim, California, as early as the spring of 2018, or when an athlete's scholastic or professional club season has concluded.

The U.S. Collegiate National Team program has three competition options:

• U.S. Women's Collegiate National Team – May 20-31, CNT Asia (International)
• U.S. Women's Collegiate National Team – July 4-15, CNT Europe (International)
• U.S. Women's Collegiate National Team – June 22-July 1, CNT-Detroit, Michigan (Domestic)

Selections for the U.S. Collegiate National Teams will be made by the end of March.

For additional information on the team and to follow the tryout throughout the weekend, click here.