 Hello and welcome to the Dave Trumbo show presented by Buffalo Wildlings I'm Greg Royce joined by Stevenson Beach volleyball head coach Dave Trumbo coach You wrap up your season a little more than a week ago at the small college national championship First time you were in with the with the other division twos and the other division threes and division twos and Kind of finished about six plays kind of about where you were seated So just kind of talk about how that went starting with pool play Yeah, well, it's a three-day tournament And it's the first time they've had all the NCAA division twos and division threes together There was ten division twos and two division threes counting ourselves And we went and seated seventh and on Friday. We had three matches. Our second match was against st. Leo who? Beat us badly with during our spring break trip But we didn't have the same lineup we had jang was back in the lineup of ones And so our lineup was completely different and we literally won three matches By two points that went three And so we ended up beating them three to two Yeah, and but then we played Eckert So then there was torrential rain and lightning and all that and they postponed so you had to play eight o'clock the next morning We played Eckert 12 seed couldn't beat him. Yeah They were really good. Yeah, and we did not play well that morning. So we that put us Into it still put us in a silver bracket Yeah For the challenge Actually for the challenge and put us in a group of three. Yeah We came out of that Which was saturday in the silver bracket for sunday Top four teams are in the gold Five six seven and eight are in the silver. Yeah, I thought considering all the other d2 teams there. That was pretty good Yeah But wouldn't you know it would play st. Leo's first And it literally came down it was two to two and it came down um It was a two-point game that we didn't win. So we ended up losing three two. Yeah, so we kind of got tied for sixth Which was about what we were seated. So, you know all in all, I thought it was it was a good showing Yeah, certainly like you said Especially coming back there that team like st. Leo who was I think seed ahead of you And you were able to come back and beat them after you lost him earlier in the season And um, like you said when you came mostly to vision two schools to kind of finish mid-pack in that bracket Certainly a big accomplishment for you know one of the two division threes there right on and the ones I mean the two teams in the gold that we did play Um, we competed against spring hill. We we took we lost four to one and and the ones were really close The fours were pretty close too. Yeah, uh, so I was pleased. I thought we made great strides Especially in our strength and conditioning with uh, tony. Um, I think we got a lot stronger and um We are getting more out of our team now as they embrace beach and the cold and the cold or weather Yeah, uh, we got a lot more practice days in again. Yeah, absolutely Now the good news from beach is that you had no seniors this year. That's right So, you know kind of building on this year, you know competing that division two and three nca bracket for the first time Kind of see where you stand knowing that you can compete with those teams has to be a confidence boost moving forward Absolutely and the stronger our top five can be That's the key. Yeah, even if you're if your fives win you get one point if your ones win you get one point Uh, and with some of the freshmen we have coming in here the competition to be in that top five next year Is going to be very interesting. Uh, so I am really looking forward to getting everyone back Plus the addition of the freshmen. I think we're going to be we're going to be ready. Yeah, they are talking about There's two more d3 teams that out of beach this year. They're talking about a d3 national championship next year If they can get four of the five to come they're going to do it. Yeah So kathy de beer executive director of the abca was alluding to that when we were down there Yeah So we'll see what happens. Yeah rowing sport. Yeah, absolutely It's exciting to see more division three teams and teams at all divisions out of the sport And certainly an exciting sport if you haven't had a chance to come out wash it Certainly, uh, certainly entertaining for volleyball. It really is it really is and the fact that you guys streamed I don't think anybody Streams maybe the national championship But you know the exposure that stevensson's getting from beach volleyball and you know, joe did just a fantastic job Um with his crew out there on that day streaming and so everybody could watch us play. Yeah, absolutely All right coach, we thank you for your time all year not just during the beach season up for the indoor as well It's indoor season now greg. It is a few months away. So, um I'm sure we'll chat again in the fall, but again, thanks for your time all year and Like I said, we'll chat, you know, probably in mid august. I'm looking forward to it. All right for Dave trembo. I'm greg rois This has been the Dave trembo show