 Hello, and welcome to the Dave Trumbo show presented by Buffalo Wild Wings. I'm going to be showing by Stevenson Head Beach volleyball coach Dave Trumbo. Coach, how you wrap up your third season of Beach volleyball this weekend at home this Saturday and Sunday. You have Carson Newman and Morgan State. You play each of those two teams twice, and then obviously you have senior day this weekend for your three seniors. So just talk about, you know, obviously we've had this home event kind of wrapped up season the first two years. Just what it means to be able to finally play at home after being on the road so much. Well, it doesn't seem possible that this is the third year we've done that. So really I've been, you know, pushing Beach volleyball for now for four years and but it is so wonderful to be able to play at home. You know, this is the only time their family really gets to see them play. Now we have had families travel with us two to three, but you know, we're going to have a really nice crowd. Both days will tailgate between the matches. And I think everybody's really looking forward to it and looking ahead. The weather looks beautiful. So I'm really looking forward to a great weekend. Yeah, it should be exciting. Carson Newman, I know they came up two years ago. You've played them in the past Division 2 team. I don't believe you've ever beaten them. So never beaten them. Our very first match as a Beach team three years ago was against Carson Newman. And I think it was a double duel when they beat us twice on that day. But we've come a long way since then. So we're hoping we're going to get a chance to knock them off this time. Yeah, and then you'll play Morgan State, obviously Division 1, you know, not a Division 1 Beach program, but Division 1 Indoor Program and you'll play some of those. Yeah, a lot of the Division 1s, they're using it as part of their non-tried season. So I know they're down Baltimore Beach. I've got sources and told me they're down their practice and every day down at Baltimore Beach. So I'm expecting them to be a little bit more well, better skilled this year. And I'm expecting some good competition from Morgan as well. Yeah, they've gotten, you know, they've been over here a couple years. So they've got more of a taste of the beach and what it's like. Just like you did in your first couple years. Exactly, exactly. Every year's worth of experience makes a big difference. Yeah. And Coach, obviously touched on a little bit, but three seniors you have, you'll have senior day this weekend. I'm just going to talk about, you know, what they've meant to the program, especially all three of them have played the inaugural season. Yeah, they all three of Southmores played beach for us. None of them, when we recruited them, ever thought they'd be playing beach volleyball at Stevenson University. First, Lauren Weaver. Lauren has played all three years. She started out, you know, as a Southmore, not knowing a thing about beach, never played. And she is tremendously athletic and moved from earth. She went from, she was on our threes the first year. It's been on our twos this year and last year. And she's put together a phenomenal three years. You'd never think she doesn't enjoy laying out in the sun. It's not one of her things, but so she doesn't like it. It's really hot. But the weekend, this weekend's supposed to be about around 70. So she'll, she'll love it. And then we have Katie McGuire also has played three years and has vacillated between our fives and sixes and just has been a really a solid player for us, gotten better every single season and just super positive and just a pleasure to have around. And then Annika Swartz, Annika played on our twos the first year had nursing clinical. So she couldn't play her junior year, but her senior year, she's playing with our on our ones. And of course, indoor first team, all American and has really helped our team this year by her coming back at ones. It's allowed our everybody to move down one. So like that first week in Texas, Annika wasn't there. Our twos, Katie and Lauren had to play once. So when Annika came back, everybody went down one, which meant it just made our team that much stronger and really added to the success we had this year. Yeah, absolutely. I usually that depth and everything else. All right, well, again, like you said, the weather's looking good. And we hope to see everyone out here. And we'll chat next week to wrap up the season. Thanks, Greg. All right, for Dave Trumbo, I'm Greg Royce. This has been the Dave Trumbo show.