Let's be very clear before anything is mentioned regarding the difficult loss to Bismarck State College. BSC is now 18-3 while leading the Mon-Dak Conference. They are the longest, most athletic, and overall skilled team we have played and may possibly ever play this year. There is no doubt our overall objective is to be competitive with BSC, and WE had an opportunity to witness what areas we are struggling with at the current moment.
As far as the match being played WE did not execute at the level expected, coaching staff did not make good adjustments on the fly, and our work effort did not show up. The scores were 9-25, 13-25, and 18-25 which clearly explains our lack of good volleyball. As for consistency WE always seem to get better match by match but that habit needs to be corrected. This was a TEAM loss through and through with no blame to be placed on anyone, or anything specific.
With that being said... our TEAM is more talented, more skilled, and overall better position by position than last years group who finished in the final four of the Region Tournament. The TEAM that showed up at BSC was not the TEAM who had been playing well up to this point, and we need to regroup as we move forward. One thing we must do in life is be able to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and understand what mistakes we made leading up to a poor performance. I believe our girls are good enough players, great teammates, and will respond like winners.
Our next trip will take us to Wahpeton, ND as we compete against NDSCS on Wednesday the 25th followed by a 4 match Classic on the 27th, and 28th. It will be a good road trip for us as we set our sights on progress not perfection. WE return home on Oct. 2nd to play Williston State College.
Please continue to support our Ladyjacks!
Get Jacked UP,
Coach Cory Fehringer
