 Hello and welcome to the All This Persons show. I'm Joe Wombo, joined now with All This Persons head coach of the men's volleyball team. And coach, you guys host Eastern Mennonite in your final CVC match of the season. And boy, was it a big one for you guys to be able to win the third seed in the CVC. That's right. Yeah, the Eastern Mennonite was a really tough team. They beat us in five at their place. And that was our first match of the season, the CVC game. And then it's nice to see that the guys, our guys are playing at their best. They won 3-0 at home and outplayed Eastern Mennonite in all phases of the game. And yeah, we got the three seed. So we'll be playing Juniata Friday. And then depending on how we play, I think we're going to have to play not only good, but great to get past Juniata. And play the winner of the other semi on Saturday. Let's back it up to this past Saturday as well, playing Penn State, Altoona on senior night, an opportunity for the seniors to play five sets. Unfortunately, unable to pull it out. But how important was that match as far as experience and getting these guys ready for this weekend? Right there. Three seniors start that have been playing most of the year. But a couple of them are the first off the bench. And real important to our team, because we're going to face, like I said, Juniata and then Mary Mount, EMU again. And we're going to need their help. In particular, Nick Gross as an outside, and Sandy. David Santangelo came in as an opposite. And then I had Andy playing Libero. Hadn't played in a lot of that to Spell, Derek. And also I took out Alex, our middle, and had actually a freshman, the fill-in on senior night. That was really good for him, Nate Bossi, to play middle. So unfortunately, it didn't end up with a win. But we got a lot of good, intense game time, real match time experience for those guys. And the group that was on the court, they may not have been playing with each other very much. They're out this season, and they get kind of thrown into that situation, but are able to perform. And they may arrive in that type of situation this weekend, where it's just going to be next guy's up, and who's hot, and who's swinging well against Juniata. Yeah, I have no reservations to put in the guys that I mentioned on the floor. Actually, anybody, any of the 15 on the team. This past weekend, KJ, our starting center, came back and started for the first time in weeks because of an injury. And before that, Jared Chinna walk-on, a transfer plate setter. So we have some options. You love that as a coach, and the team, too, feels that they're all contributing. Absolutely. As we get ready for this Juniata game that you mentioned on Friday, you guys have split the series with them this year, each losing on your home court. But this is going to be a neutral site game, if you can call it that. How do you feel going into this game? I feel great. I mean, especially how we performed last weekend and how we have been playing as a team. But Juniata's tough. They pretty much beat our drum here at Stevenson just recently. And we had a kind of an off night, which happens in volleyball and all sports. So the guys, I think, are super confident that they can put a full match together and take them in the semi. That always is the challenge at this stage of the season, being able to put a full match together. And then to win the CVC, you've got to put a full weekend together. How is your confidence going into that as far as, what are you focusing on this week to get ready for that concentration? Yeah, it is a long weekend. I think we're just going to take it one match at a time. I'm not even thinking about Saturday. And we're going to focus on our game, our ability to pass well, and set our middles, and then everything else seems to fall into place. The guys have been playing great, covered defense, and really bought into flying everywhere. I think you saw that in the senior night. They're running into the back wall trying to save balls. And I really appreciate that effort. And I'm going to do my best to be prepared as a coach and our staff to help them on the floor. Well, coach, we appreciate your time this week and every week. And we wish you the best of luck in this CVC tournament against Junietta. And hopefully, you can ring their drum back. OK, thanks a lot. He's All Dispersons. I'm Joe Wamba. And this has been the All Dispersons Show.