The Beginnings of the Volleyball Season

THE 2010 ST. MICHAEL'S VOLLEYBALL TEAM!!!! GO KNIGHTS!

As some of you may know, the volleyball season is almost done at this point but, I wanted to tell you

about how pre-season went.

On August 13, I arrived on campus with the rest of the volleyball girls to start our pre-season training. It was a lot of hardwork, sweat, and pain, but there was a lot of fun along with it. We had triple sessions everyday so our life for two weeks was literally just eat, sleep, breathe, and volleyball.

For Volleyball, our pre-season starts before everyone else gets on campus, which was really cool being a freshman because I got used to campus before my fellow classmates arrived. It was also handy that I was moved in before my roommate because it was less cluttered and made it easy for her to move in!

I knew from the very beginning that being on the volleyball team was going to be one of the best things that would happen to me while on campus. All of the girls were really welcoming to the six freshmen and we instantly felt like we were a part of the family. Our head coach, Chris Kilmer, does a great job with the team as he pushed us through all of the difficult workouts as well as promoted team bonding by going camping as well as team dinners with karaoke.

The great thing about St. Mike's athletics is that it communicates very well with the faculty. In being a part of the NE-10 conference, we do a lot of traveling for games, and sometimes that means missing classes. During pre-season, we made letters to our professors to tell them in advance the classes that conflicted with our traveling schedule to make arrangements to make up missed assignments, tests, or quizzes. The faculty is extremely cooperative and appreciative that we acknowledge we are STUDENT-athletes who care about our studies (notice student is first!! you don't pay the money for sports, it's for your education!).

To check out our team roster and team information, go to http://www.smcathletics.com/sports/wvball/2010-11/roster

Hope you enjoyed my blurb on volleyball pre-season! Keep your eye out for more volleyball posts!

-Brianna :)