 Hello and welcome in. I'm here with Stevenson, volleyball head coach, Jason Gardner, after his first Mac Commonwealth win against Widener University. First off, Jason, overall thoughts on the match? Yeah, I mean, I think it's a great win for us, right? Like you said, a conference match, starting off 1-0 in the conference, it feels great. And I think that shows just how tight our conference is going to be this year. Widener is playing really well, and that was a great team. So it's going to be a fun year in the Mac. I think every game is going to be close. Every game is going to be tight like that. And what was the message leading up to this first match in the Mac, Jack? Yeah, we were just working on playing with confidence in ourselves, right? I think we've played really, really great at a lot of times. We've shown we're a great volleyball team. And then we've had kind of those valleys and things like that, where we get a little down on ourselves or get in our heads. So we just keep working on being confident, trusting our training and going out there and showing off in front of the crowd and having fun and going after it in a match. Yes, and you mentioned showing off in front of the home fans. You guys in the first set, you guys had a rough time, but how were you able to change things around heading into the second set? Yeah, I mean, I would like to take credit that I had some sort of speech, but our guys are really good at wanting to play to the level that they're capable of that, right? They weren't satisfied with how that first set went, even though we took the win. They knew they had to kind of get out there and reset. And they did a great job making that second, third effort. Tim Flanagan really blew the match open for us there in the middle with a great service run. So it's just all our team, where they're all really motivated to be great. And they turned it around there in the second. Yeah, and speaking of Flanagan, what contributions has he made to this team? Yeah, I mean, Tim is the guy for us. He's always making big plays, the big block there, and the third set kind of to seal it for us. And he's just a steady guy. We can throw the ball up to him, have him go to kills. And he's just a great teammate, too. He's always out there supporting his teammates, helping guys out. And he's really motivated to win and things like that. So we're very lucky to have Tim as part of our program here. Yes. And how has this, how has other contributions, such as first year Anthony Pazzino, how has he played not only in the preseason, but in this evening against Wider? Yeah, Gino's an electric player. He's a great athlete. And he's done a really great job for us in serve receive and defensively. He's still working his way to find a bigger role in our offense. But Justin's doing a good job of trying to keep him involved. He's making some great plays and everything like that. So I'm really excited for him over the next four years as well. But he's been a big part of our success so far. And he's going to be a big part of our success going forward. Yes. And this weekend you're on the road over in Harrisonburg, Virginia playing Carolina University and Eastern Mennonite University. What are you expecting out of them? Yeah, I'm expecting another two close matches. EMU is a great program. I had a lot of experience playing against them back in our CVC games. So I think it's a chance for us to pick up another two out of conference wins. I think they're games that we want to go after and try and get going. But I think it's going to be two more fights and it's going to be a lot of fun. Awesome. Thank you so much, Jason. Thanks, Kevin. And as for the viewers, Stevenson gets the victory tonight against Wider University. Final line scores, first set, 25-21, went to the Mustangs, second set, 25-12 to the Mustangs, third set went to Widener, 25-20. And the fourth set, 25-22, went to Stevenson. They head on the road against Carolina University and Eastern Mennonite University this Saturday. They are right back here in Owings Mills Gymnasium next Wednesday night against Masiah University. That's all for now. Thank you very much. And Roll Stangs.