 Welcome to go Mustang sports. I'm Dave McHugh joined by head coach Dave Trumbo the woman's volleyball team and coach Since we last talked four games two on two weekends Both sets at home, and you come away with a split against some pretty tough competition. We're not used to losing The we had Eastern We had them right where we wanted really with me We came out play really well in the first set and we're up the second set 18 to 16 a hands call on our setter and It was one of those when the setter doesn't know that it's a hands call She usually knows right and she knows was maybe she did not you know So really kind of threw her and it really made her a little bit more tentative. He called a couple more as she got more tentative Which made her a little bit, you know more tentative and we were and we didn't play extremely well after that Eastern's very good team Took advantage of it took advantage of it. You know a match we could have and should have won So we came away with a lot actually even in losing with some confidence of the hay We play a little bit better and we can beat these guys So it was a fun match. I mean the girl I get they love that intent that that the intensity and The rallies and the defense were just incredible. You know just super athletes on both teams So they really even though we did lose they enjoy playing the match. They look forward to seeing them again Yeah, we'll stuff. We'll talk about seeing them here shortly. Once again tough match there rebound against Wilkes Though even Wilkes gave you a little bit of a test I know in the middle there you get that and so you come away from that first weekend with a split not Obviously you want to win both but at least you come away with one and one, right? And Wilkes we kind of played every we were able to play everybody and which is always nice and We really played pretty well against Wilkes. We relaxed a little bit We don't need to get back in the win column, you know How you're gonna respond after a loss is one of the things that you know a very young team You don't know exactly how they're gonna play so we were pleased and then the next weekend you face off against Gettysburg In the first of a try match and again another one of those kind of like Eastern words a bit of a battle and Things just didn't go your way, but of course not playing at full strength either Well Gettysburg's a kind of team where they can be really good or really bad and they were really really good against us We did not have our number one middle or our number one outside playing in that match, which did hurt But Gettysburg's defense was phenomenal. They blocked us ten times a lot like the Eastern game Eastern blocked us eight time 18 times we beat Eastern in every statistical category, but the blocking and you know And we held Eastern to I meant wanted to say that we held them to a hitting percentage of 113 One of the top hitters in the nation. She hits over 400. We held her to 280 So and we did a great job defensively and Gettysburg also blocked us well, so guess what we're working on practice I'm guessing getting over the block. Yeah hitting around that block using the block and so but Gettysburg did a great job beat us and Then Stevens Tech just absolutely destroyed Gettysburg Right and so and so Stevens Tech thought they were gonna get that team they saw in the morning. No, no No, they got they got the real Stevenson team and we did get one of our hitters back and We we just played much better. We passed the ball And that's been the key this season you've been able to bounce back after a tough loss Even in a try match scenario where you take the first one and momentum can certainly kind of fuel right into the next one Obviously the Eastern you had a couple more matches off as it was a quad But then Gettysburg right back at it two matches later able to rebound and so you only have three losses on the season You know we talked earlier about even that was expected before that point So the teams really responding well despite adversity despite tough losses like Eastern and Getty's I was real pleased I mean Stevenson comes in with like 10 11 12 match winning streak They're 18 and 3 so and they looked really good against Gettysburg So we're all to sit there and watch him and scout So but they our kids are all responded which I was most pleased with this You Steven scouted us. They did not serve to our all-american lubeira samey parola Well, we had three kids are all past phenomenal because they just serve around Sammy and they did a good job of that but the other kids Anika Swartz Kara Anderson and Yeah, and Deanna Bradbury, yeah all and of course Anika and Deanna being freshmen They all passed fantastic and actually graded out higher than Sammy and that's actually a great thing because that doesn't happen very often And for the three of them to pass like that That's what it's going to take to get to the next level because teams will serve around Sammy and try not to certainly amazing Watching matches that it seems the ball always goes to Sammy. I keep thinking up there as much as I'm just you know Not technically rooting against you guys. I keep wondering. Hey, has anyone figured out? Don't go to her but the ball attracts to her But the last four games are interesting because a lot of teams that have regional ramifications even outside regional ramifications To the rest of the season you have eight of the next eleven on the road in some capacity or another and all of these again Have regional ramifications. You're gonna see Eastern yet. You're gonna see Juniata You're gonna face off against opponents. You know are gonna have a big impact. This is a big finish to the year It really is and this is exactly the way we drew it up We were fortunate enough to play really well at the beginning of the season put ourselves in this position Carnegie Mellon Eastern Juniata Muhlenberg all teams that probably are ahead of us in the regional rankings right now So we can really help ourselves with a couple of signature wins here at the end I thought like we've got our first thing to sure win against Stevenson Excuse me against Steven's tech, you know over the weekend where a really good team came in that was really hot And we had just lost and we've responded with a win and a 3-0 win at that Certainly it's gonna be more pressure conference play still kind of in in focus here a little bit trying to make sure you keep that Home court advantage. How do you kind of weigh the focus with the focus of making sure you wrap up the conference? The way you want to well at the same time positioning yourself as best as possible for a potential NCAA birth Well, we really know what we don't know we want to win our conference tournament First off we've done it two years in a row. We want to do it. We got it We have to keep it going. We're in super position conference wise. We would have to lose twice In the next four conference matches not to host right So there's a pretty good chance that we are going to host that our goal is Getting better because we know we're gonna face Messiah 11 if the chances are good We're gonna get past that that that one seed against four or five play in and we're gonna get Messiah 11 and Valley on our court again By playing the likes of Easter and in Juniatta, we're gonna get nothing but better Sure, you know because that's the level and the kids really love that level of play So our goal is to get better if we can get better in regional rankings and if we don't win the conference tournament Yeah, we're looking at the at-large and we're in position So because of the scheduling and who we're playing we're in position maybe to go either way now What happens is if we win a conference tournament and do well in these games then our seeding in the NCAA gets better Yeah, yeah, so then maybe we get a third or second seed and then we play a seventh seed in that first round You make it a little bit easier, but at least since you're correct for the way you want to make a run Exactly a term and so all the games all season long are important Obviously the games coming up just this week alone coming up are important Give everybody kind of a breakdown of who you guys have We're talking on a Tuesday by the way, so he's gonna mention a game that we're gonna air this on Wednesday But your first games on Tuesday. Yeah, well we'll play Weidner tonight and that that is huge And they're probably gonna be one of the fourth or fifth place teams one of those two I think they've lost a lot coming so they may be fifth The way they're standing right now, so what we're going up on their court You just never know what you're gonna get when you go somewhere else's court then on Thursday. We traveled to Catholic Catholic has some had some really big wins this year And they've had some some not so you know lost a couple of matches and you kind of scratch your head But they're a good team they're a good team there be I think they're probably being talked about in regionally and then Saturday Conference matches we have a try-match hood like homing at hood so we'll play three conference matches this week and We need to win all three to put ourselves and then we'll finish up what senior night Arcadia on the 22nd and then we have our Bernie on the 27th or 8th the following Tuesday, so and that's that's it You'll remember on the weekend exactly so big week ahead just in conference action We'll catch up with the team on the other side of the weekend on the road So you can either follow them online at go mustang sports comm or make the trip if you want to make the trip to Catholic great on Thursday It's not that far down to Washington DC right coach. Thanks so much for joining us. Good luck this week Again, we'll catch up with coach Trumbull the women's volleyball team coming up next week here on go mustang sports