 Hello, welcome to the Dave Trumbo show. I'm Greg Royce here with Stevenson women's volleyball head coach Dave Trumbo Coach you had a busy week last week when three and one let's go through a start with the Marymount match on Wednesday Just take us through that match three nothing win That was kind of a little grudge match because they had beaten us on our floor last year Which was a little we were a little surprised that Marymount played very well So we wanted to go down to Marymount and return the favor and thankfully we were able to do that all three games were really competitive really close and Decided to buy just a couple points and we Are making a habit of stepping up at the end and making plays and so hopefully that continues to the season But Marymount's very good. I think they'll play very well in the AC Excuse me a CAC. Yeah, this the season, but it was a good night if you can be the team like that on their home court It's a good sign. Yeah Obviously then this weekend you went up to Susquehanna. You played three matches First match against Susquehanna. He dropped the first one and then came back to win the next three Just take us through that match. Well, that was an interesting weekend You know because all three teams have been in the NCAA tournament before. Yeah, so and Susquehanna Got an at-large last year They you know, they just lost a few players and so they had beaten Mary Warsh So and we're gonna go in their court, you know again, we're playing the host on their court And Susquehanna the first set we were we're horrible. We hit negative 197 or something we hit a lot of balls out we couldn't serve the ball in But thankfully we settled down. I think we're just too pumped. Yeah, and we settled down and started playing some good volleyball and Settled into our game plan. We're able to win the next three So those that was huge for us Susquehanna's record isn't great, but they play an amazingly tough schedule So to get them on their court, that was a huge one for our program. Yeah, and then you stay up there for Saturday You play two matches You play Brockport first beat them three nothing and then you face Carnegie Mellon that ranked number 16 nationally and Battle hard for two sets and the third set just ran out of gas a little bit You know first the Brockport match they went to sweet 16 last year and they only want lost one player Yeah, so we were really aware of you know, how good they are They didn't play particularly well the first and second set against us and we were able to take advantage of that Third set was very close 2020 and we scored the last five points. So all the scores didn't look close It was a lot of back-and-forth really good volleyball then Unfortunately when we were shaking hands with Brockport the clock would already started for the next match So we really didn't have a lot of time to put in you know our our scouting report and Kind of re-energize. I thought we played Really well against them and I'm not taking anything away from Carnegie Mellon You know, I think they're going to be higher than the number 16 this week. They were very very good But on 20 we had them 24-24 and a free ball to use and we just weren't able to convert Second set we were up 21-20, you know, and then they scored the last five third game. We're done We just played terrible on all Two and one against that kind of competition. I'm happy Yeah, I'm not overjoyed because I would have loved to win another match, but I'm happy with that With that weekend and so now we can get ready for this week against Catholic and St. Mary's Yeah, we talked about that in the past where this is really the one tournament that you were really looking at where you're gonna face Not to take away from who you facing the other tournaments because you face some good competition But this was really gonna be a test and to come out two and one I mean overall like you said obviously one go three and oh, but overall what do you take from the weekend? I think our kids came out feeling very confident, you know, I think I think they know that they can play with Carnegie Mellon I think they you know, and we Pretty handle not I wouldn't say handily, but we were we were better than the other two teams at least that weekend And and they know those those teams, you know have a good chance of being the NCAA tournament, so Anika and Mariah both were all conference, you know And but you know Katie Leffridge had a career game against Susquehanna with 19 kills and she played out It just you know what somebody else is gonna step up each night So I think it was a good experience for us We also have Juniata and William and Lee Washington coming up. So we've got some other tough I'm just coming up, but you know, I think it was it was a good weekend for us as far as confidence and Known we belong. Yeah, and this weekend obviously your home, you know Just second time all year you have Catholic and St. Mary's a little bit of break Does that help to refresh a little bit having no matches during the week? Mm-hmm. Yes, absolutely They were off Monday. We can do a little bit of team bonding Along with a kind of special practice today Yeah, and then really go out at heart Wednesday Thursday and Friday to get it ready for this weekend We get a break because we're home team. So we play first and third we play Catholic at one and St. Mary's at five That'll be nice and we'll get a little break and spend some time eating Between matches And really, you know kind of enjoy being home. And so hopefully we can put off what we have a good performance Yeah, and just talking about you know, obviously, you know two programs are usually pretty fairly strong Just talk about what they bring this weekend Catholics in the landmark and tip that a preseason poll They were number three behind Susquehanna and Juniata was first Catholic has battled and been in their conference tournament, you know every year for I don't know how many years Nagy their head coach, you know, it said to me last year He was getting a great recruiting class and thought this was going to be the best Catholic team he'd ever had. Yeah, so You know, we're ready for that St. Mary's is having kind of a down year. They've been pretty strong have a new coach That was kind of like in midstream. So she's not been able to really recruit I think as well as she wanted so I don't think she's even been there a year yet They've had a little turnover and coaching and that hurt sometimes So but St. Mary's has a lot of potential and so, you know, these teams if we don't play well, we're gonna lose Right. So, you know, we're walking forward to playing both those teams on Saturday at home All right coach. Well best of luck this weekend. We look forward to seeing everyone here Saturday at Owens Mills gymnasium And one o'clock and five o'clock Catholic at one St. Mary's at five for Dave Trumbo. I'm Greg Royce. This has been the Dave Trumbo show