2008 Woodie Awards
Volleyball team improves throughout season
Paige Carswell
Issue date: 10/31/07 Section: Sports
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Two weeks ago, the Southwestern College volleyball team was feeling down. With not a single win in more than a month, many were starting to feel that pulling together was just beyond their grasp. Heading into the Sister Madonna Classic at the University of Saint Mary, they were looking for the spark that would unite the team.
Somewhere in that tournament, they found it.
"That weekend, for the first time, we bonded as a team," Stacie Hinkel, freshman middle hitter, said. "We found the love that we needed to bring out in our play."
Cori Meyer, head coach, said, "I feel that the last two weeks, that's some of the best volleyball that the girls played this year. The Kansas Wesleyan was incredible for the girls."
Approaching the end of the season, the team is experiencing mixed emotions. After such a tremendous jump in the quality of play coming just a few weeks too late to think about playing in the conference tournament, there is both excitement for the possibilities of next year and remorse that the six seniors won't get to experience it.
"I'm sad to see the seniors go. They stuck with me as a new coach," said Meyer. "But with a building program, each year you're going to get better, so I'm also really looking forward to next year."
The team is 2-22 and 0-15 in the conference. They will travel to Tabor College for their last match of the season at 7 p.m. tomorrow. Tabor is ranked fourth in the conference with a 10-6 record.
The women played at McPherson College on Saturday, losing in three games to the ninth-ranked Bulldogs with scores of 14-30, 17-30, and 22-30.
They hosted their last home game against Friends University on Tuesday's Senior Night. Results were not available at the time of press. Although the record hasn't shown it, Meyer said the team has improved consistently throughout the season.
Meyer said, "This year I was looking for improvement in the girls as a team and as individuals. I feel that we've done that."
Laura Fobes, sophomore setter, said, "I was excited for this year, and I had a lot of fun and learned a lot, but I'm really excited for next year too. I'm excited to take what we learned from this year and take it up a level for next year. There's nowhere to go but up."
Paige Carswell is a freshman majoring in communication. You may e-mail her at paige.carswell@sckans.edu.
Somewhere in that tournament, they found it.
"That weekend, for the first time, we bonded as a team," Stacie Hinkel, freshman middle hitter, said. "We found the love that we needed to bring out in our play."
Cori Meyer, head coach, said, "I feel that the last two weeks, that's some of the best volleyball that the girls played this year. The Kansas Wesleyan was incredible for the girls."
Approaching the end of the season, the team is experiencing mixed emotions. After such a tremendous jump in the quality of play coming just a few weeks too late to think about playing in the conference tournament, there is both excitement for the possibilities of next year and remorse that the six seniors won't get to experience it.
"I'm sad to see the seniors go. They stuck with me as a new coach," said Meyer. "But with a building program, each year you're going to get better, so I'm also really looking forward to next year."
The team is 2-22 and 0-15 in the conference. They will travel to Tabor College for their last match of the season at 7 p.m. tomorrow. Tabor is ranked fourth in the conference with a 10-6 record.
The women played at McPherson College on Saturday, losing in three games to the ninth-ranked Bulldogs with scores of 14-30, 17-30, and 22-30.
They hosted their last home game against Friends University on Tuesday's Senior Night. Results were not available at the time of press. Although the record hasn't shown it, Meyer said the team has improved consistently throughout the season.
Meyer said, "This year I was looking for improvement in the girls as a team and as individuals. I feel that we've done that."
Laura Fobes, sophomore setter, said, "I was excited for this year, and I had a lot of fun and learned a lot, but I'm really excited for next year too. I'm excited to take what we learned from this year and take it up a level for next year. There's nowhere to go but up."
Paige Carswell is a freshman majoring in communication. You may e-mail her at paige.carswell@sckans.edu.
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