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
