 Hello, and welcome to the Dave Trumbo Show. I'm Greg Royce, joined here by Stevenson Women's Volleyball Head Coach Dave Trumbo. Coach, you had four matches at home last week, finished 4-0, kept that home winning streak alive. Let's talk specifically about Saturday, two big wins against Washington, Lee and Juniana. Take us through that whole day. That was a fantastic day, Greg. I couldn't be more excited for our team. And coming in, they knew this was a big Saturday. We really didn't have a whole lot to lose. We had had a good week already, and Washington and Lee came in. And really, they did some things that were a little different as far as the way they approached. And it took us a little while to get a handle on that. They tooled our block a lot early on. And we got to one-on-one, one set to one set. And then we were able to gain control and play a little bit better the third and fourth set. And then, obviously, you had a little bit of rest. And then you take on Juniana and sweep them 3-0. Take us through that match. That was amazing. This was a chance for us to say, who are we? How good are we? And we got Junia. We are fortunate enough to get Junia on our home floor. And we're able to play really well as a team. Our pin hitters, Katie Leffridge and Anika Swartz, had fantastic days, both against Washington and Lee, and against Juniata. And we passed and served extremely well. Caroline Dangle had five aces against Juniata that's kind of unheard of. And so it just kind of snowballed throughout the three sets. Yeah. Obviously, Katie Leffridge earned some national attention. She won, not only Matt Kamala played her a week, but she won just an ounce about an hour ago. She's the ABCA national player of the week. So how about not only her week, but the season she's been having, how she's really stepped up for you? Katie is one of those kids that pushed Kristen Brooks last year to start. And Kristen was able to, as a senior and a captain, was able to hold her spot. And Katie waited patiently. The one big question we had this year coming in is, will Katie be able to take Kristen's spot? Who's going to take Kristen's spot? And then if it's Katie, will she be able to do it? Katie came in in phenomenal shape. She did CrossFit all summer. She increased her vertical. And she worked really, really hard. And I couldn't be happier for somebody like that in hitting 5.67 against Washington and Lee. I mean, Washington and Lee is an excellent team. And then turn around and said, and we've been sitting in the locker room and says, you know, Katie's not going to hit 5.67 all the time. And then she turns around and hits 500 against Juniata. Washington and Lee kind of said, we're going to stop Mariah. And they just couldn't close that block to get all the way across the court to close the block against Katie. And she took advantage of that. So it looked like to us they came in with the game plan to stop Mariah. And that's part of being a team, where if you're trying to stop one kid, then another kid is going to step up. So Katie stepped up big time over the weekend. And just talk about, I mean, you've played some pretty good competition this year. And obviously, you just have the one loss to Carnegie Mellon. Does it give your kids more confidence knowing now they beat a team like Juniata, one that you've had some history with, and usually Juniata has come out on the winning side of that? Well, I think it has to. I think it has to. We're going to have a little talk today before we play what they think it means to have beaten Juniata. We're all in the second week of October. We've got Hopkins coming up. We have Stockin coming up. We have F&M coming up. We need to still win our conference. I mean, there are so many more things that we need to accomplish. So I kind of let them celebrate that over the weekend. It didn't bring up what we have to accomplish. And so we've got so much more to accomplish this year that we just can't say, oh, great, we beat Juniata. Well, I mean, it's the second week in October. And so we've got a long way to go. Right. Obviously, it's a great win. It's a great mile post. Ultimately, that's not the goal. Obviously, the goal is to win the conference, go to the NCAAs, and hopefully stay in the NCAAs for a while. Right. I have to kind of add on to the whole team is, I think Beach Volleyballs had a huge part in our defense. And in Katie's development, Katie played on a number twos with Lauren Weaver. Both of them are jumping higher. Katie's defensively, our whole team defensively, is better than they've ever been as far as they're relentless. In Katie's case, she played number twos with Lauren Weaver. And they beat a division one team. They beat Coastal Carolina. We lost four to one. But those two won. So they had a really good record. Confidence. Confidence believing you can do it. And so I think Beach has played a huge part of that. I think their defense has played a huge part of that. So moving on, we got all bright tonight. It's conference match. And then they're actually going to have a couple of days off. We're going to do some team bonding Wednesday, but they're going to be off Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, which this is a recharge. Because then we come back and we play at four matches the next week. I'd say you've got a busy week next week with some quality opponents. Yes, absolutely. So it's probably going to be good to get that little bit of rest before those matches. Because then we come back, we have Lebanon Valley. And then we have Hopkins. Hopkins is number 23 right now. And they are really good. I vote them a lot higher than 23. I think they're a really good team. So that'll be a great test for us. That's Thursday, October 19th at home. At home. We'll hope to see you there. Well, thanks, coach. Good luck tonight at Albright. Hope your girls get to enjoy a couple of days off. And then we'll be right back here next week. Thanks, Greg. Yeah, thanks for your time. For Dave Trumbo, I'm Greg Royce. This has been the Dave Trumbo Show.