 Well, coming off a year of rebuilding the Jacks volleyball team returned seven seniors in plenty of experience. Last year showed huge improvement from start to finish, but this year they want to get back to their winning ways and on top of the section. Coming into the season, most of the Bemidji volleyball players don't have to shake off the rust. In fact, they've been playing since January in jail volleyball that has helped prepare them for the upcoming year. And most of these girls had the opportunity to participate in the national tournament, so that was at the end of June, beginning of July. And then along with our summer stuff, there's some that have been pretty much going since last ball. Plenty of experience returns to the court for the Jacks, including a core group of seven seniors ready for one last ride. We have a lot of good chemistry this year. We've all been playing together since we were about third grade probably. So we all mesh really good together. So we're going to be having a good team. And it doesn't get any closer than the mother-daughter and player-coach relationship between Teresa and Addy Colligan. I feel like I'm pretty tight with this group because at some capacity since they've been like in fifth, sixth grade, I've either followed them at all their matches or I've coached them in some capacities. It's nice having my mom at practice. She's not the other people's mom, but then she still has to pick up after me. But then... Addy will set up the attack for an offense returning some key weapons that can come from multiple directions. We have both of our outsides, two of our outsides that played last year quite a bit. Lexi, Wade and McKenna Quinn, they're back and a folder who played in the middle last year. So, but I would say it's going to be a little bit more balanced. And also this group carries a little extra motivation to put last year in the rear view mirror and stay focused on the goal for this season. We've really been working hard at practice and really like getting down on the little stuff so we can really come hard when it comes to be important. Seeing the seniors last year, like how we finished the last game, like I don't want to finish it like that. So, we're ready to go all the way. So, you can see them on Tuesday, the 29, 7, 15, they have their home opener and season opener against St. Cloud Tech. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.