I thought they were going to turn it around. I was really hoping we could go to a game five because they really had the momentum starting to go their way.

We played awesome in that first game against North Branch. We had everyone watching us against North Branch. I was really impressed how the girls were fired up. They were really on a roll.

I really think when Cristina became our libero it turned our season around. She's the fired-up, upbeat personality when we need it out there. She's scrappy and quick. She kept a lot of plays going.

She's such a remarkable athlete in all aspects. She can hit the ball. This season she was selfless and learned how to be a setter and helped us in the setting department. She's excellent at hitting, serving and blocking and now she's stepping up as a setter. What a wonderful athlete she is.

One of the reasons she was voted unanimous all league is because as a setter she was such a pivotal part of what we did. She has to make adjustments to all the hitters plus make the plays, plus make the plays she needs to and she did a good job doing those things without getting rattled. She had to make all those split-second decisions and she did a good job with that.

I am proud of the fifth- and sixth-grade volleyball program. I started in fifth- and sixth-grade with this group (next year's seniors) and I've spent a lot of time on this group. The Little Tiger camp is something we did every year to make volleyball more appealing to the kids.

It was a group effort.