It felt good. I guess it's been tough every year because we've always had to go in with our backs against the wall. We've had to play the No. 1, 2 or 3 team every year. (Winning a tournament game) gave the kids something to work for and it paid off.

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The thing that helps with (Taylor) is that she's played AAU ball, so she's not one of those raw freshmen coming in. She's 6-foot and athletic and she's learned to block shots well. She's had to be rushed into the flow, but she's what we lacked last year when we had to put (5-8 senior) Ashley Hood in the post.

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We'll play the j.v. and they play the varsity. Rather than get destroyed, we get (our kids) to play the right way.

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My point is to keep the program going, and the only way to do that is to keep this route. We had kids coming back, but not many. We didn't have a setter or anyone who could hit.

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