The team has been working extremely hard this spring season with either lifting/conditioning or some form of practice 5 days a week. We have made a lot of big gains in the weight room and in our skill development. I'm very proud of this group of players.
We competed in our first spring tournament this past Saturday the 13th at Northwestern College in Orange City, IA. It was an interesting day as we had 5 injured players and another player that had to miss due to a meeting they couldn't miss back at home for their future. Needless to say our young players that were with us to play got a lot of big time playing experience and some in roles that they don't normally play. Each match we played had a similar feel to it as we played relatively well the first half of every set and kept things close but once that 17 point mark would hit our opponent turned it up an notch and our youth showed. It was a good experience and I'm sure our players learned something about themselves and our team in every match.
We are scheduled to host a spring tournament this upcoming Wednesday the 17th with Dakota State and Mount Marty at 6pm. Everyone pray that the snow storm (YEAH, in April if you can imagine, not normal) isn't as bad as they say it may be on Tuesday night so that these teams can travel to Mitchell to play. If we can't play we are looking at some alternative dates to make up the matches.
Our next blog will be coming out in the coming weeks which will be our 2013 recruits. We aren't quite done with the class but I am super excited about the additions we have coming in.
Best wishes to all
- Coach V
