On Wednesday, I had a great opportunity to hit some of the 3-4 ft surf that was coming in off the 32nd St. Jetty in Newport Beach. Out in the water with me were red-shirt freshman from San Clemente, Cory Yoder, and Serving/Defensive Specialist, and yet another San Clemente stud, Brett Simpson. Not only are these guy great v-ballers, but they they can throw some water off of waves in a big kind of way! It was great to sit out in the water with Yoder and Simpson and they are 2 (of many) good guys on the v-ball team! Not to mention that they "shred" at surfing!
In any case, the 'Eaters leave for Ohio St. today for a couple of games against the Buckeyes this weekend. The first "test" of the season against Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA) powerhouse will be a great challenge for the 'Eaters in that the Buckeyes are chosen to finish 2nd in the MIVA. The MIVA pre-season rankings look like this:
1. IPFW
2. Ohio State
3. Loyola (Chicago, IL)
4. Ball State.
5. Lewis
6. Quincy
7. Mercyhurst
Setter, Daniel Matthews leads the charge for the Buckeyes with middle, John Albertson, who were both chosen as pre-season conference selections for the MIVA. The fact of the matter is this. The MIVA is far inferior to any MPSF team and is not much of a threat-- but then again, anything can happen in D1 volleyball!
From my conversations with Yoder and Simpson practices have been highly competitive and the player are physically and mentall prepared for season-- even after Yoder's first finals at UCI! In any case, I'll keep you posted on the haps of Eater-Ball (if I can get them from OSU). If not I'll call my "connections" on the team!
Get your Zot on-- the 2007 season is looming!
Flipper
1. IPFW
2. Ohio State
3. Loyola (Chicago, IL)
4. Ball State.
5. Lewis
6. Quincy
7. Mercyhurst
Setter, Daniel Matthews leads the charge for the Buckeyes with middle, John Albertson, who were both chosen as pre-season conference selections for the MIVA. The fact of the matter is this. The MIVA is far inferior to any MPSF team and is not much of a threat-- but then again, anything can happen in D1 volleyball!
From my conversations with Yoder and Simpson practices have been highly competitive and the player are physically and mentall prepared for season-- even after Yoder's first finals at UCI! In any case, I'll keep you posted on the haps of Eater-Ball (if I can get them from OSU). If not I'll call my "connections" on the team!
Get your Zot on-- the 2007 season is looming!
Flipper
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