Thursday, January 29, 2009

Preparing for Michigan Classic

Tonight is the last practice before the Michigan Classic. Coming off one of our best practices this season, we should be in good shape headed to the school up north. Tweaking the line-ups a little to continue to work towards the goal of winning a National Championship, but we have a long way to go. We will be without a few players this weekend who have academic commitments, but should have a successful tournament.

Sunday, January 25, 2009

GREAT START...disappointing finish

The men began the day on a high note defeating OSU II in 25-20, pulling away late in the match and getting victory. The second game vs OSU II was close as the men squeaked out a victory 28-26 to begin the day 1-0. In the next match vs BGSU, each member of the team got some quality playing time and experience for the future. In the first game, the yellow jackets won 25-15 and the second game 25-21 in a game where each member of the team contributed to the victory to push their record to 2-0. Up next was a tough opponent in The Ohio State University. The Buckeyes proved to be too much with an experienced team that has two former varsity players and several seniors on its roster. The yellow jackets lost 19-25, 14-25 to end pool play and wrap-up the #3 seed heading into the championship bracket (they lost a tie breaker to the University of Dayton who also finished 2-1). The yellow jackets would end up finishing the day vs the #6 seed University of Cincinnati in a deflating loss. After sitting for 3 hours before the match, we just did not have the intensity and energy to compete. We will have to rebound for next week at the Michigan Classic at the University of Michigan. I still have confidence this is one of the best clubs in the history of men's volleyball at B-W, we just have to find the winning attitude and chemistry to be successful. The future is bright for the club.

Saturday, January 24, 2009

The season begins

After a long fall season of practice and preseason warm-up tournaments, the men are ready to begin. We travel to the All-Ohio Classic at Ohio Northern University to compete versus the best competition in the state and with high hopes of a championship. We have more depth at every position this season which will keep the men fresh throughout long tournaments, but we are still making an attempt to find a consistent line-up. Check back throughout the season for updates, results, news, photos and more.