 Hello and welcome to the Dave Trumbo show presented by Buffalo Wildlings. I'm Greg Royce shown by Stevenson Beach volleyball head coach Dave Trumbo. Coach last weekend you went down to the small college national championships and event even attended every year, but this year it was sanctioned by the ABCA so a little bit bigger of a deal a little bit bigger of an event and You were able to go to an own pool play and vanced the finals in the bracket You know beat Warner twice and then reach the finals, but then ran into a very strong Weber team Yeah, it's you know, I'm happy we got to the finals disappointed that we didn't win Yeah, I was proud of the way that we played We came went down there and we're able to and last time we played Weber I think we talked last time excuse me last time we played Warner Yeah, it all the matches went three. Yeah, and so this time that didn't happen But we barely beat them three to two. Yeah, we beat a pretty good team from San Diego City College We beat Warner and the way it stacked up We end up getting a buy after the first day And so Warner had to play a third match on that Saturday But they won it and the way the pointer French worked out. We had to play them again Yeah, who wants to play a team three times, right? But the the ones threes and fours again beat them just like they did the day before a little bit closer At the ones it went three on a can Jang at the ones lost the first game and they had to win the second and third But the threes and our fours took care of business. Yeah, so then we got to the finals and like you said the AVCA is taking this over It's really is a big deal And we got to want we got to Weber in the finals Somebody we had beaten three to two on our Florida spring break trip But I think that kind of upset them a little bit because we had never taken off set from a match from them at all And then we beat him three to I really thought we had a great chance at all five of our pairs Yeah, unfortunately it went, you know Annika and Jang at ones lost twenty one nineteen twenty one nineteen at the twos It went three And they had the match They end up losing the second set after winning the first set twenty eight twenty six That was Lauren weaver and Katie Lefford. So it was close, right? Even though it was four to one. It was very close Congratulations to our fours Julie Knight wine and Victoria Prokic who went four and oh Down there in at the small college national championship. So good showing. Yeah, we nobody really wanted to carry the trophy through the airport Because it said runner-up Yeah, I've had the opportunity to carry a couple of those championship trophies in the airport. That's always a fun time Yeah, except it said runner-up. So even I turned it towards me so people could see Because we don't like coming in second. Yeah And I was like you said, you know matches very close Like you said we talked about you know on your Florida trip when you played Warner was five nothing But all the matches went three, you know, same thing Sounds like against Weber where you beat him last time and a couple matches just swung those couple points They were able to get the win. Right. Yeah, we we felt pretty good about the threes Darien, Ohioman and Jesse Freeman they had won 11 matches in a row. Yeah, and they had beaten these guys It went three when we play they played Weber and they but they didn't feel like they played well So they they were feeling pretty good going in they just did not have a good day Yeah, I mean when you win 11 in a row like that at the threes But you win 11 in a row you're feeling pretty confident going in and unfortunately it didn't work out for them and That day. Yeah. All right now shifting gears to this weekend Now you head out to Illinois have four matches pretty wide range of opponents I'm including division one opponent facing a more head state while you're out there in addition to You know an AI program a division three program So just talk about the range of opponents you'll face out there this weekend Yeah, it's it's we've never been out there. I think it might be a little even chillier than it is here But and we're playing at 9 a.m. So So principia is a division three team that's really improving we play them first and then we play Ottawa And they a division two team the filing day We get Lewis and Clark as a community college that is out there and then we get more head state Which is division one team would never beat a division one NCAA team. So we're really looking forward to that match and You know, I I think that you know, I thought in Florida took us a little while to get warmed up because we had been offered two Weekends as far as it's a different gear in competition. You know, you know, it's you know a little bit of nerves And it was really hot. So, you know, I'm thinking we're ready I think we're ready this weekend after playing the weekend before in Florida. Yeah, absolutely All right, coach. We wish the best of luck this weekend and safe travels and we'll talk to you next week. Thanks, Greg All right for Dave Trumbo. I'm Greg Royce. This has been the Dave Trumbo show