 Welcome to the Dave Trumbo show. I'm Joe Wombo join now with Dave Trumbo head coach of indoor and beach volleyball Women's volleyball. We're talking about the beach trip I guess the southern circuit if you want to talk about it that way you guys headed down to Florida and got to play a lot of Beach volleyball. Well, we had that first weekend in Texas and then during spring break. We were able to Go down to Florida and we went to a lot of different doesn't they get places Down in Florida. We end up starting at the Fort Lauderdale Miami area and Played 2d2 schools down there and we're very successful every single we won every single match Which and we got so much practice before we left Joe and made such a difference this year competition was pretty good But we played really well Down in Miami and then traveled up to St. Petersburg and played Eckert College Eckert This is their third year of beach Last year they blasted us both times they played them and this year was a little bit different We lost four to one. It was a double duel. So we played them both We played him the morning played him in the afternoon Incredibly windy and cold That day in Florida and our kids played as if the one wasn't even blowing I mean they really did a great job and you say four to one. Well, they beat us pretty good Well, you know one of our Matches went three and we lost 15-12 and another one Katie Leffridge and Lauren Weaver they lost both matches or both sets by two points So maybe it's a little stretch, but we definitely competed Sammy Perlow and Kristen Brooks at number one They went three in their match as well So it could have been a different outcome. It was really really close Have to say that Chelsea Ireland and Deanna Bradbury at the fives Did win both those Eckert matches So that was our one point that we got it at the fives and both of those matches went three So we were there for a long time There was about six and a half seven hours of coaching because they only have two courts unlike us Well, we have three we actually have four courts So it makes it a lot longer because you only can play two matches at a time and so there's three rounds You're six five sixes three fours and one twos so it takes three hours in theory Unless you go three and it's really competitive. So it was more like seven hours of volleyball And some of those pairings were awfully competitive I forget which one that you mentioned that one went eight and one on the weekend Yeah, that was Chelsea Indiana went at number fives went eight and one and they And the match they lost they went it went five. I'm just using it went three I'm thinking five indoor, but then it went three and they just did a phenomenal job We also Darian Hillman and Megan Renet fours. They were six and three and Grace Coleman and Jan Christensen at number three went six and three as well and So after we went to St. Petersburg, then we went to Babson Park, Florida, which is like in the Central Park part of Florida and we played Warner University a team that we had beaten Or excuse me, they had beaten us the year before three to two and We were able to beat them and four to one and we were real pleased and like Sammy Pearl and Kristen Brooks at number One's they beat the team who had beaten them the year before and dog on if it wasn't close like 1715 in the third But at that point the pressure was off them because we had already won the match We won at threes fours and fives. We'd lost at twos, but they already knew we had our three points that we needed to win then we played Weber University on that same day and Weber really had some phenomenal players and I really thought that even though we can I felt like we competed well They beat us five nothing and that was probably the best team we played and that was a little surprising then we drove up to Montgomery, Alabama, and we it was a D3 festival we played Huntington who dedicated their courts on that Friday that we played them and Beat them five to nothing had to say that We had to reshuffle the lineup a little bit. We were missing Kristen Brooks and So Lauren weaver and Katie Leffridge moved up to the ones and they played a phenomenal match winning at ones and it was two really close matches and then and Grace Coleman and Jane Christensen had to move to number twos and Sandy Pearl and Sarah Ballinger played at threes Well, it's just so incredible that the roster size that you had you have 16 girls and you only had nine dates of Competition on this week if you want to say only nine Nine matches nine matches five days, but everybody got to see some action Yes, what do those experiences do when you have something like the small colleges national championship coming up in a few weeks What are those experiences do for those girls? Well, there's no question in my mind here that the strength of our team is our depth There is there is a difference but not a huge difference between our ones and our fives and like when we played Warner And I said that was like the the pivotal match because I was expecting maybe five and four hoping for six and three when we were down They're realistically But when we beat Warner, we won at threes fours and fives ones was really close as I mentioned Tuesday and win but The strength of our team and our sixes are pushing, you know, our sevens are pushing so Like you know Sarah played Sarah Ballinger played with Sammy Pirillo Because they played a little bit last year Sarah's a senior it seemed like a good fit when Kristen wasn't there And so Sarah was you know, she was at sevens with her partner And she came up and she played in the threes and was able to do pretty well You know, she went two and one and that's in that three spot with Sammy against the D3 schools The other D3 school we played with principia who we had played in Texas And we were able to beat them for one to end our trip at six and three So we you know, we were happy with that and we got a lot of playing and we did a lot of traveling But it just the depth on our team is our strength Absolutely agree with you there Getting those many competitions those matches in you guys definitely deserve a rest and you're gonna take one Before you guys get back into competition in North Carolina Yeah, we had this week at this week off the girls It was the first weekend they've had off because we've been practice if it's a nice day We've got a practice on the weekend So this is the first time they've had off since one a weekend since the season started and then we'll travel to UNC Wilmington That will be a difficult weekend. We're all D1s. We're gonna play UNC Wilmington College at Charleston Mercer and coastal Carolina all D1 programs that have had beach for two or more years And that will prepare us for the following week when we go to Florida for the small college national championship The competition is going to be tough having them stick together through probably adverse circumstances Playing against the D1s, but when then we play the D2s that will be that much better and how much we'll learn from playing The D1s I think will be a factor. How well we do in Florida the second time Progress has already been made, you know on an astronomical level is from last season to this season And I imagine the progress will continue as the season progresses through that division one tournament and then into the Small colleges national championship as well. Yeah, even in practice and we are now if it's 45 degrees We're going out, you know, and it's not really that warm but The fact that we have four courts these other teams are practicing in one or two sometimes they like when we go UNC Wilmington, we're not playing on their courts. We're going to dig and dive restaurant and where they have eight courts But we have actual four courts on campus and so with 16 players they can all be playing a match at the same time so it's it's just like indoor it's all about touches and just repetition and reading the game and then and playing and So us having four courts here on campus is made is a big advantage for us And it's also been a big boost to you know to this student body I get to see a lot of students out there from where my office is I get to see a lot of students out there enjoying the weather and and the course as well. So it's not as easy as it looks It's not but it is fun. Yes. Yes, it is it is fun. Well, coach appreciate your time this week I wish you the best of luck and safe travels wherever you're traveling to He's Dave Trumbo. I'm Joe. This has been the Dave Trumbo show