 Hello and welcome to the Aldous Bersens show. I'm Joe Wamba, joined now with Aldous Bersens, head coach of the men's volleyball team. Coach, it's been a while since we talked to you. You guys enjoyed a little bit of a legitimate spring break for you. You got to trip over to the Netherlands. But it's back into volleyball, the regimen for you. Taken on Karen, Albert and Rutgers, Newark. How did the break work out for you? I think the break was really good for the guys to just rest some. That's a real important part, actually. Training is to take a break every once in a while. And we had been going hard since January. And we did have an alumni game right before spring break. And I wanted to report that the guys won that. And now we're getting ready for three matches. Actually, 10 matches in three weeks. We have to rev it back up. And we have had two good practices. And we'll be ready for Friday against Karen. Well, first of all, congratulations on the victory over the alumni team. Always good to bring home that W. What have you guys been focusing on besides the rest to get you ready for the second half of the season? Well, we've been focusing on sixes really a lot, just playing in a one team versus another team and mixing up line ups and so forth. Because right now, we're not stressing practicing technique so much. There are just three, like I said, three weeks left in competitive matches. So we have to really grease the wheels and get the starting unit or the guys that are out there playing well together. And you've mentioned this three week stretch that you're going to be had. It's going to be awfully grueling running the gauntlet, so to speak, before you get into the CBC tournament. The tournament, what is the beginning portion of the season done in terms of preparing you for the CBC tournament? Well, I think we're in a good position. We're four and two right now. We still have to play Alvernia. We haven't faced them yet. That will be once around. And then we will have the teams that are at the top at home this time around on the back stretch here with Mary Mountain, Juniata, and EMU who are all ranked nationally coming here to Stevenson to play us. So I think we learned a lot about each other the first half of the season. And we could have won more matches, could have lost a couple. But I think we're in a really good position to achieve our team goal of winning the league, which is possible for us to do. Sometimes you have to face adversity to know what you've got and know how to be prepared for more adversity that you would face in a tournament like the CBC. What have those experience done to prepare your guys? Well, I think we had some tough losses, which was good. We went five sets with Mary Mountain, five with EMU, and we're ahead at times. And so I think that's gotten our guys to realize that nothing's going to be handed to them, although they started the season rank really high nationally. And so I think it's now they realize that they have to earn every win, and nothing's going to be given to them. They're still defending CBC champs, and they're going to have to play well to defend that title. And you say nothing's going to be handed to you. What is it that you guys have to do to get the victories this weekend? Well, this weekend, we just have to focus on our own team. I feel it's a really perfect schedule with Karin, Alvernia, and Rutgers. They're not in the top half of the conference, although they're not pushovers by any means. But it's good to ramp up playing them first and then facing the heavyweight, so to speak, Marymount next week and Juniat at home. Well, coach, we appreciate your time this week, and we wish you the best luck and safe travels to Karin and Rutgers, Newark to face Alvernia and Rutgers, Newark. Thanks a lot, Joe. He's all disbursons. I'm Joe Wamba, and this has been the All Disbursons Show.