Happy Monday.
First of all, congratulations to the football team,
that was a great win on Saturday, exciting game.
I know they were relieved to come away with a win there at the end
and we're really proud of them for how hard they're fighting
and excited for this afternoon, to see where soccer gets sent
in the NCAA Tournament as well.
A big win for us yesterday.
It is always nice to beat State.
Somebody said after the match ‘" bet you are proud to beat state."
And I said, "We are proud to beat anybody."
Of course, it is a little bit nicer when it is those guys,
especially over the last couple of years when we have struggled a little bit.
I was looking at the standings after the match,
and we are literally one point away from being in fourth place.
We are eighth in the conference right now and if we would have beaten LSU
when we had two match points at their place then they stay at fourth,
their record changes to 7-6 and so does ours,
and we're tied with them for fourth place.
So it is that close of a race between about fourth and eighth
where we sit currently.
We have a lot of big matches coming up,
it's nice to start off November with a win and we have five more to go.
Bayleigh Scott yesterday played incredible,
freshman middle blocker, 10 kills, hit over .700.
If she would have had a couple more kills
she would have qualified for the SEC stats
and that percentage is second in the league,
of course, she didn't qualify because she needed two more kills,
they say they have to have 12 to qualify to be on the list
but, that's how good of a match she had.
And then our other middle,
Nayo Warnell had a career-high 14 kills and hit over .350.
As a team, we hit over .320 which is the highest for the season,
so it was really nice offensively to play that well.
Caitlin Wernentin came into the match against Arkansas and we switched back,
changed our offense up, and she played well against Arkansas
and then continued that also against State with nine kills in that
with only three errors.
And then as a team, you know, just a complete match.
We had a little bit of a bump there in the second set
where we gave up the set to State
and that was the first time they have won a set since,
I think I saw when I watched the broadcast last night,
first time since September 24th that they had won one.
But, we need to be challenged especially with this stretch coming up.
We've got five matches,
three of them are teams that we've already have a win over
earlier in the conference season.
So, we feel confident coming down the stretch
that we can get on a run, that's the plan.
So are there any questions?
We have Georgia on the road Friday and Texas A&M at home next Sunday.
So any questions?
Are you expecting another tough match against
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Yes, I mean especially going on the road, and they're –
I think they have won maybe three in a row, or so right now.
I know they swept Alabama at Alabama yesterday.
They went on the road a week ago or so and swept Missouri
and we struggled against Missouri both times.
I think they also beat Arkansas right before we played Arkansas
and lost in five to Arkansas.
They are young, have a new coaching staff,
and they are playing with a lot of confidence right now.
So, I think we match up pretty well against them
but it's going to be, can we go on the road and play well?
Hopefully that's one that I almost feel like it's kind of a trigger point for us
that if we after getting that win yesterday,
if we can go on the road and get a win on Friday, that might be just what we need
to get over that hump we have been talking about all season
to kind of get some momentum going.