 Hello, welcome to the Dave Trumbo show presented by Buffalo Wildlings. I'm Greg Roy showing here with Stevenson women's volleyball head coach Dave Trumbo coach a busy week last week. We'll try to recap everything Starting with last Wednesday. I guess play the Lebanon Valley beat them to clinch the top seed in the Matt Commonwealth for the sixth straight Year take us to that match a little bit Well, we're we're really trying hard to play one match at a time And that one was huge if we did not beat Lebanon Valley there. You know the Hopkins matches kind of meaningless To us, but we were able to to clinch that top spot and be able to be home for the playoffs as long as we win So that's really important to us. You know, we are able to get have a nice fan base We saw that against Hopkins and just they were loud and they really weren't obnoxious as much as they were just loud Yeah, absolutely and just having fun. You know, and so it's it was it was nice to beat lead Val We may face them again. Yeah, depending upon they play Messiah I think tonight just decide who's going to be third or fourth Yeah, and then the following night, you know back-to-back you get John's Hopkins. They come in here You start off really strong and then eventually a 3-1 victory against, you know, very good John's Hopkins Club Yeah, that was that was match was more for pride at that point because They're one in their conference. We're one in our conference. They've got a great record We've got a great record. So last year it was kind of proceeding in the NCAA. I'm not sure It's a little early for that right but Hopkins had been on an 18 match winning streak They hadn't lost since the very first week and that was the number one and the number 14 in the country. So It's a good situation to get them on our court and like I mentioned the crowd was just incredible and We played really well. Yeah, and you know then the Think we were down like 19-14 in the second came all the way back and won it and then gosh We were down 24 19 in the third and we're serving for serve for match point and didn't get it But then came back in the fourth set. We're able to pull it out And that kind of says something about our team about the mental toughness. Okay We didn't get that that that point we needed to go to send them home But you know, we regrouped and we're able to beat them in the fourth set But the Hopkins a great team I wouldn't be a bit surprised if we saw them again the NCAA tournament Yeah, it feels like that's been one of the big differences this year Your team has faced a lot of adversity, you know, obviously people look real quick at 27-1 record at how much but really you've been down One-nothing, you know Arcadia tough match, you know, Hopkins like you said studying for match serve for match point You know, some teams might as hung their heads said well, you know, we couldn't close it out And now we're gonna you know, they would collapse but not this team Well, we've actually played 11 regionally ranked teams and we're 10 and one against them The one being Carnegie Mellon the one loss. So I felt like the we I think we have a little bit more confidence We have more veteran this and the leader and it's the senior leadership is Really strong and probably the biggest factor is our team chemistry. I think it's a lot better this year as far as all 18 of us pulling together And we're all in this together kind of thing in the support and encouragement which goes a long way to Confidence and making the big play at the big time Yeah, and then Saturday after the big Hopkins when you have one day of practice and then you're right back on the road You know Stockton's team that you've had some some epic battles for the last couple years Yeah, the first set and you're able to win that and then be rowing That was a tough one and we kind of knew it could we summon up some summon up enough energy and passion that we did like against Hopkins because Stockton we just it's always a great match. We knocked him out of the NCAA tournament a couple years ago We played them last year and it was a really intense match and Just everybody really kind of cheering really loud and just very aggressive and this one was the same way and they took That first set I'm going oh boy, but we just didn't play that well And they were able to regroup him and well, I wouldn't say one handily But we won by five or six points So but most of those sets were really close to the end and again going back to that mental toughness some teams You know, you you see it all the time where team you has a big win like against Hopkins And they made it less sound a little bit in the next match and you know that didn't happen Well, I tell you the truth. I was really uptight. I Wanted to win that Hopkins game I mean that's why that's Stockton game so much because that would have kind of negated that Hopkins when I say people say Oh, that was kind of a fluke or something, right? so that I Probably wanted to win it a little bit too bad. My coach is kind of my assistant coach. I said you need to calm down You're just you're just you're reacting Negatively to to when we make a mistake just calm yourself down do what you always do You know, so I have a lot of trust in my assistants. And so my wife says I do that too this time She says man, you are so uptight and I'm not seeing it. So I'm just trying to relax I'm tame trying to take my own advice take one game at a time Yeah, and tonight it happens to be a senior night without Bernie Yeah, and I've talked about that obviously closing out the regular conference season senior night against El Murnia Just talk a little bit about what these four seniors have meant to this program and success they've had boy Well, we'll start with Megan Ren Megan Ren is that enter Janice or bunny that comes on and she always seems to be on the court for the big points At the end of the game. She you know is a designated server and she just she provides a lot more than that and then because a lot of times we'll let her stay and Deanna does not come back in because may gets hot starts making a couple great plays picks the whole team up and That's been her role and she is just excellent at it. And she's one of our top servers Then you know Lauren Weaver Started as a freshman started from day one at a position. She'd never played before she came in here as a middle outside and then we needed a right side and she's a tremendous athlete and So she's one of the reasons she and Mariah Savage There are two of the reasons we switched to a six to because we felt like our right sides are really strong and so Lawrence had a great career here and She just kind of keeps everybody loose and has great perspective on On things Deanna Bradbury, you know, she had the Sammy Perillos shoes to fill She had to come in here as a freshman and she was replacing a three-time honorable mention all-american and We went to the second round when we had Lauren Deanna and Annika all starting as freshman We went to second round the NCAA So that was a good that was a good feeling and Deanna just makes just phenomenal plays and just all over the court and Just is very even keel. Yeah, you know, she doesn't get excited about too much She doesn't get down if she if she shanks the ball. She's just you know just Very confident and then Annika Swartz Has been phenomenal, you know, you know, there's been lots of talk about Annika In all the awards that she's winning but she is kind of the glue that holds everything together I'll never forget when she was a freshman and she put the ball down to send us to the NCAA And you know 15-13 in the fifth against Messiah and everybody rushed out on the court and she was like, oh And now she's the one Leading the cheers and just embracing the moment and picking everybody up and just very nurturing and encouraging to her teammates and They have her confidence is contagious. Yeah, and she's able to Really has put together a fantastic season when everybody knows she's gonna get the ball But but she's not it doesn't have to be her right, you know, we've got a lot of other great hitters So and she's more than happy For it to be the way it is. Yeah, so the four seniors three of them started from day one, you know And so this is gonna be a tough tough class to replace. Yeah Well, certainly obviously will be you know, it always goes Jim tonight to honor them, you know Obviously some more home games to go but you know, we're on them tonight Best elect this week as you close out the regular season for Dave trembo. I'm Greg Royce. This has been the Dave trembo show