I just wanted to let you know what was going on here since the season ended. Just because we haven't been in the gym for 3 hours everyday doesn't mean that we haven't been keeping busy!
Coach has been having individual meetings with everyone and they are figuring out what to do to win the championship next year.
I have been all over the country (well Minneapolis, South Dakota and Colorado)trying to find suitable team mates for this group. They have raised the bar pretty high as to the standard of student athlete we want in our program now. This is a good problem!!
The team has been volunteering their time and talents to the local elementary schools. They are learning what it is like to be elementary gym teachers by providing volleyball instruction to the 4-6 grades at the public school. They have also been called to duty at the St Mary's school to be morning recess supervisors. It hasn't been bad this week with the weather being so nice, but next week will probably be a different story. I am sure they all LOVE coach B for providing them with these opportunities!!!!
When we get back from the long weekend we will again be blessed with an awesome meal at Coach B's house......thank goodness Natalie will be cooking!!! There we will unveil the winners of our team awards.....drum roll please!
Well that is it in a nutshell.
I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving!!
Coach P
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Three make All-UMAC!
Hello All--
Just wanted to let you know that the Cougars have three individuals earned All-Upper Midwest Athletic Conference. Megan Theis and Allie Humphrey were both honored as First Team All-UMAC and Steph Schmiesing was chosen as Honorable Mention All-UMAC.
Congratulations to those three!
Just wanted to let you know that the Cougars have three individuals earned All-Upper Midwest Athletic Conference. Megan Theis and Allie Humphrey were both honored as First Team All-UMAC and Steph Schmiesing was chosen as Honorable Mention All-UMAC.
Congratulations to those three!
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Updates...
Hello all-
Seems like something has been missing around here lately... oh yeah- Volleyball Practice! We are in wrap-up and catch-up mode here, trying to tie up loose ends from the season and catching up on things that maybe got overlooked or brushed aside towards the end of the season and in the playoffs.
Just met as a team last night, where we voted on end of the season awards, talked a little bit about last fall, talked a little bit about next year and watched a cool highlight of pictures with music (thanks Jillian!).
More info. to follow... there is a video recap from me on the side- and we should have all-conference awards out later this week!
Enjoy!
Coach B
Seems like something has been missing around here lately... oh yeah- Volleyball Practice! We are in wrap-up and catch-up mode here, trying to tie up loose ends from the season and catching up on things that maybe got overlooked or brushed aside towards the end of the season and in the playoffs.
Just met as a team last night, where we voted on end of the season awards, talked a little bit about last fall, talked a little bit about next year and watched a cool highlight of pictures with music (thanks Jillian!).
More info. to follow... there is a video recap from me on the side- and we should have all-conference awards out later this week!
Enjoy!
Coach B
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Updated Videos...
Hello (from the bus) Again-
Just wanted to let you all know you can check out the Proposal from last week in the video on the right- In speaking with Athletic Director Mark Fohl, he believes that's the first time there's ever been a proposal to a UMM athlete immediately following an event. Pretty neat considering Mark has been here for a longgggg time!
Also, just as a reminder, all of our matches that were webcast on the Cougar Sports Network. Click here to get game archives (and you can watch the Proposal from a different angle!).
Last- if you enjoyed watching our games on the Cougar Sports Network, please feel free to shoot an email of thanks to Mike Cihak (cihakmw@morris.umn.edu), Media Services, for setting it up and doing all the work for our webcasts- Thanks Mike!
Enjoy!
Coach B
Just wanted to let you all know you can check out the Proposal from last week in the video on the right- In speaking with Athletic Director Mark Fohl, he believes that's the first time there's ever been a proposal to a UMM athlete immediately following an event. Pretty neat considering Mark has been here for a longgggg time!
Also, just as a reminder, all of our matches that were webcast on the Cougar Sports Network. Click here to get game archives (and you can watch the Proposal from a different angle!).
Last- if you enjoyed watching our games on the Cougar Sports Network, please feel free to shoot an email of thanks to Mike Cihak (cihakmw@morris.umn.edu), Media Services, for setting it up and doing all the work for our webcasts- Thanks Mike!
Enjoy!
Coach B
End of the Season...
Hello All--
Last blog from the bus!! Just finished a very exciting match vs. Northwestern- For those of you that weren't there, it was a fantastic first set for the Cougars as we came back from a 5-pt. deficit to overtake the Eagles and take a 1-0 lead in sets! The second set started out with more of the same for UMM as we were up by about five points early on, only to get stuck in a rotation where they rattled off about 8 points in a row. We wouldn't recover in that set. We then played a very poor 3rd set, too many bad passes, bad sets, and bad swings to be successful. In the fourth set, we came back and battled hard, only to lose a couple in a row at the end of the set to fall, 20-25.
All in all a very good season for the Cougars! We finish up 15-15, with 9 wins in UMAC play and were tied for 3rd at the end of the season (if you remember back to an earlier blog, we were picked to finish 5th or 6th!). Of our 9 starters tonight in the rotation, we started 5 freshman, a sophomore, a junior and 2 junior college transfers- so 7 of the 9 players that started the match, were NOT Cougars last fall. That's a lot of change to overcome and work through! I am very, very proud of how these young women fought, persevered and improved throughout the season (not to mention the fact that they had to put up with me all year!). I think it's safe to say that the future is bright for the Cougar Volleyball Program!
Thanks for all your support and keep checking back periodically for updates (I am hoping we can post every week or so).
Have a great week and Go Cougars!
Coach B
Last blog from the bus!! Just finished a very exciting match vs. Northwestern- For those of you that weren't there, it was a fantastic first set for the Cougars as we came back from a 5-pt. deficit to overtake the Eagles and take a 1-0 lead in sets! The second set started out with more of the same for UMM as we were up by about five points early on, only to get stuck in a rotation where they rattled off about 8 points in a row. We wouldn't recover in that set. We then played a very poor 3rd set, too many bad passes, bad sets, and bad swings to be successful. In the fourth set, we came back and battled hard, only to lose a couple in a row at the end of the set to fall, 20-25.
All in all a very good season for the Cougars! We finish up 15-15, with 9 wins in UMAC play and were tied for 3rd at the end of the season (if you remember back to an earlier blog, we were picked to finish 5th or 6th!). Of our 9 starters tonight in the rotation, we started 5 freshman, a sophomore, a junior and 2 junior college transfers- so 7 of the 9 players that started the match, were NOT Cougars last fall. That's a lot of change to overcome and work through! I am very, very proud of how these young women fought, persevered and improved throughout the season (not to mention the fact that they had to put up with me all year!). I think it's safe to say that the future is bright for the Cougar Volleyball Program!
Thanks for all your support and keep checking back periodically for updates (I am hoping we can post every week or so).
Have a great week and Go Cougars!
Coach B
Webcast tonight...
Hello all-
Just in case you can't make it... I believe that the match tonight will be webcast on Northwestern's http://webcast51.com/site/pages/ec/ec.php?schoolID=222
Enjoy and hope to see you all!!
Coach B
Just in case you can't make it... I believe that the match tonight will be webcast on Northwestern's http://webcast51.com/site/pages/ec/ec.php?schoolID=222
Enjoy and hope to see you all!!
Coach B
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Heading to Northwestern! Wear your Maroon and Gold!
Hello All-
Well, the UMAC Tournament bracket is set and I am happy to say we are not having to head up to Northern MN or Wisconsin! That's the good news- the not so good news is that we are taking on the defending UMAC Champs, Northwestern College. But, that just makes it that much sweeter! We are all set for 7:00 pm at Northwestern- I'm asking all our Cougar Fans to don the Maroon and Gold to support us and we are hoping that all parents, family, siblings, friends can make it to the game to cheer us on!!
See you Tuesday night!
Go Cougars!
Coach B
Well, the UMAC Tournament bracket is set and I am happy to say we are not having to head up to Northern MN or Wisconsin! That's the good news- the not so good news is that we are taking on the defending UMAC Champs, Northwestern College. But, that just makes it that much sweeter! We are all set for 7:00 pm at Northwestern- I'm asking all our Cougar Fans to don the Maroon and Gold to support us and we are hoping that all parents, family, siblings, friends can make it to the game to cheer us on!!
See you Tuesday night!
Go Cougars!
Coach B
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