Well, the week started off absolutely wonderful!!! We had two great practices before we had our home opener on Wednesday night. The atmosphere in the gym was outstanding. The plowboys and cheerleaders were so loud and did such a great job keeping the crowd going. Every seat was filled that night at the game. It was so awesome looking up in the stands and looking at how many people came to game. Thank you all for coming out!!!
We played well that night against Texas Weslyan. We had all six cylinders going on the court and it was a fantastic feeling. We were jumping out of the gym. I personally felt like I was floating when I jumped from all the adrenaline pumping. That game was our first win of the season and it felt great. We were 0-4 going into that match and coming out with a win just lifted a lot of weight off of our back. This year's team has a lot of heart and a lot of talent, but it is just taking a little longer to get every thing rocking and rolling.
This weekend we traveled to Midwestern state to play in the invitational tournament. This tourney was a little better than Nebraska’s tourney, simply because we walked away with a win. We went 1-3 this weekend. Once again it was still a frustrating weekend. We did play some great teams like no. 4 ranked Emporia State from Kansas, Northwood from Michigan, Drury, and Southwest Baptist.
The game against Emporia State was a struggle. We did not play to the best of our ability and we hung with them the first two sets. So just think if we would have came and played our A-game what the scores may have been. Emporia is a very great team and there is a reason that they are ranked so high in the nation.
Northwood was the team that we beat in five. We fought hard in this game and never gave up. We defiantly were the team that was in better shape. We were not making fatigued mistakes and I think that is what allowed us to come away with the win.
The match against Drury was a different story. We were lacking a lot of things. This team was very disciplined and we were not. We were making mistakes that we would never do in practice. It was such a weird atmosphere out on the court. After that game we had a meeting in the locker room. The meeting, I think, helped a lot. I told the girls that we are going to have to earn every point in these matches and that they are not going to be given to us. These teams are good so we have to fight!! The ball is in our court and if we want to win we have to do it. It is simply not going to be given to us.
The fourth and final match of the day was against Southwest Baptist. We lost in the fifth set 15-17. We fought very, very hard. We came out pumped and ready to play!!! I can't give enough to the team about the effort and the drive that we had in this last match. We just didn’t come away with the win. The game over all was a great game - we just lost!! These types of games are good for any team cause you learn a lot by being put in a tough situation.
Therefore, over all - the weekend did not go as planned. We did learn a lot from this weekend and did improve from our trip in Nebraska. We will be hosting our tournament this weekend. So please come out and watch us perform.
Once again, thanks for all the fans that drove to Wichita Falls to watch us play and for coming to our home opener on Wednesday!!!!
Go Texanns!!!
Shay
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