We have people come who have never seen men's volleyball with the power and the speed of the ball and etc., etc.. Then here comes this little guy out there playing like a chicken with his head cut off diving for balls and flopping all around.
"Armond J. "Arnie" Ball" began his 30th season in 2010 as the head coach of the Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne/IPFW Men's Mastodon volleyball program. Coach Ball has established a legacy on the courts of both the Mastodons and the national scenes. One of the longest tenured and most well-respected coaches on the national scene, Ball began the season with 472 career wins and a trophy case filled with honors from around the world.
When not on the court actively coaching a competition, Ball operates Team Pineapple, a volleyball clinic that also features his son, Olympic gold-medalist Lloy Ball.
Coach Ball and his wife, Sandy, have three children, Lloy Ball/Lloy, Amy and Jana. They have four grandchildren, Caden, Dyer, Jamison and Mya.
More Arnie Ball on Wikipedia.(It's) not that we didn't think he could do it. He's just never been put in that position for us. And he never had that success before, even when we did have him in that position. It is a nice surprise, and it's a credit to him and his work ethic and his desire to become better.
(Penn State is) in the same situation we are; it's been a long season and this is a non-conference game. However, potentially for them and for us, it could be (about) seeding for the NCAA Tournament if we both get to go, and that's pretty significant.
He's very inexperienced. He did have some background playing, but certainly not the level of training we've had.
They're a big team. Their setter is about 6-7. They have an opposite 6-6, 6-7. Their two middles are 6-8. They're pretty experienced. Their go-to guy is Matt Proper. He's the real deal, got a real live arm, great serve and if they need someone to get after it, they set to him.
Lewis is a young team, mostly freshmen. We know they're inexperienced, so we can't look past them. Loyola has five of their seven starters back. They're a good team, no question.
What makes him such a good blocker is he's so intelligent. He understands the game probably better than anyone on our team. He's able to anticipate what the other team is going to do.
They'll tell you just the opposite.
We've talked about that three thing, but our kids are real confident. It works two ways with the potential final, but at the same time we have a lot of confidence going in.
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