 Last season the Pine River back is volleyball team made their way to the state tournament and they did it without a single senior on the roster. Now the Tigers are all back and eyeing a repeat trip to state sports reporter Anthony Scott has more. Last season the Pine River back is volleyball team did the unthinkable making it to the state tournament without a single senior on the roster and they became closer than ever because of it. It made it an experience to be there but it made it a memory to be there with each other. Since there were no seniors the Pine River volleyball family fully returned for the 2018 season. When you got familiarity in the gym with coaches or personnel it's always a good thing you know and it's good to have these seniors that's for sure. And the familiarity has helped after losing their first game of the season the Tigers have rallied off 19 straight wins but they have always had the next game mentality. We just kind of take it a game at a time here I don't know about you know state tournament or anything else we just play one game at a time. We come in with a blue collar mentality and we think of next game we have our goal of stage but it's just it's next game next game and we stay on the grind. They may be looked at as the favorites after 19 straight wins but the Tigers are staying hungry. I think it does give us confidence but at the same time we're trying to make sure it doesn't make us cocky either. I mean we still run we still condition we still do all the things we know we have to do and we have to keep doing that and not let it get to our heads. As the season winds down the Tigers will be tough to beat. Our motto is be tough no matter what we have to be tough no matter the score no matter what adversity is coming our way no matter how we feel about ourselves we need to be tough. The Tigers look to stay tough as the state tournament is only a month away reporting from Pine River backers Anthony Scott Lakeland News. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland news please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.