 Stevenson men's volleyball wins tonight against Roanoke College by a score of three sets to nothing over the final set scores are 25-20 Mustangs in the first set 25-17 Stevenson in the second set and 25-17 Stevenson in the third set. I'm here with head coach Jason Gardner first of all coach first victory of your career awesome job what was your overall thoughts on the match yeah I thought it was a great match from our guys tonight you know I think they started to put a little bit of everything together that we've kind of seen over the first three matches and you know it was a great team effort everyone who got in there made a you know a difference and you know I'm really happy with how they played tonight and hoping we can you know carry that over to our two matches tomorrow as well and how were you guys able to hold them off in the first set they were they came out strong with you guys capitalized on on your errors in the beginning and ultimately won the first set yeah so we did a great job of you know picking up kind of you know tips roles things like that making them have to go up and kind of earn their points where we were going then and being aggressive and taking swings and you know that's how we want to play right we want to be the team that's going after it and you know forcing other teams into mistakes and things like that and personally for you being a first your head coach you got the you got your first win early earlier you know just now and what is what do you what have you liked most about being on this team and being a part of leading this team yeah I mean it's a great group of guys you know I've been lucky to be around them you know for the last three years as an assistant coach and you know I'm extremely grateful for the opportunity to now be their head coach so you know it's a pleasure getting the chance to work with them every day in practice and you know watching them be successful tonight it was you know the best thing they could do for me as a first-year coach so I'm real happy with them you know I'm sure they're all real happy to get the first one and you know I think we're gonna keep rolling from here oh yes and first win of the season you know you spoke what it meant to you but I mean mentally for these guys what do you think finally of the third game losing streak is over what do you think mentally for them how is their confidence going to increase heading into the into the latter half of the season yeah I mean I think this is a big pick me up for us right we were you know real close you know with Marymount right that's probably a match for that we should have won and we were real close to winning it and you know I think it's been tough having a couple of week breaks in between our matches now and then you know I think now we've got the first one under our belt they kind of understand the effort and the level of play that it takes to win a match here at this level so I'm thinking we can keep snowballing from here and keep rolling and hopefully pick up a couple more yes and you know you guys have a you have a road game on the road on Saturday less than you know 24 hours against you new paltz first match what do you expect out of them yeah so new paltz you know historically has been a really great program and things like that so I think you know it's a good challenge for our guys right our first time headed out on the road and our first time having to play coming off of the bus and things like that but you know we have an older group of guys right we have a great group of seniors with Justin and Aiden and Micah and Elliot all kind of who've been around for four five years in Elliot's case and you know they kind of know what it takes to make sure we have that level of focus and energy so I'm expecting us to come out ready to play and you know step to the challenge of playing another really good ranked program yes and now and we with with that continued success you have you're right back here in this Jim Friday against Southern Virginia University so we hope you wish you all the best for those two matches and that's all for this evening Stevenson gets to win three nothing three sets to nothing against Rowan Oak College once again final set scores is 25-20 Stevenson in the first set 25-17 Stevenson in the second set and Stevenson 25-17 in the third set they go on the road to new put on the road to Union Union New Jersey and play New Paltz University tomorrow afternoon right back here in Owings Mills gymnasium next Friday night February 9th against Southern Virginia University thank you so much for watching