Tonight's gonna be a good night.
That tonight's gonna be a good night.
But Polarski is just gonna take it himself for them.
They know they know they can do that.
And what I'm doing here is always making sure that tonight's gonna be a good night.
That tonight's gonna be a good night.
That tonight's gonna be a good night.
A.J. Grant for 3, 6 to 1 win.
Coach, how you doing today?
Good, Dan, how are you?
Good.
So let's flash back to this past Saturday.
You went on the road.
You lost that one by three.
Talk about that game a little bit and why you weren't able to pull off a close win.
You know, offensively, we just were out of sync.
We shot the ball really, I think, 7% from the three-point line.
You know, just took us a while to get going.
And then the second half, we started playing just too late.
And against a good team like Grove City, who plays great defense,
can't really, you know, you gotta play 40 minutes against them.
Right, I saw that you guys actually won the second half.
You outscored them in the third and fourth quarter.
It's unusual.
It must have been a slow start.
Yeah, it was.
We just came out, like, out of sync.
And, you know, we just couldn't get anything going offensively.
But, you know, like I said, give Grove City credit.
You know, they were physical down there for us.
But, you know, we gotta play 40 minutes.
Yeah, on the bright side, you had a big win on the road against Geneva last night.
It was a closer matchup last time you played at home.
It was a two-point victory this time.
You guys won by double digits.
Talk a little bit about this game in comparison to last,
what you were able to do better last night to get the win.
This last night, we played better defense on them.
We, you know, they have great three-point shooters.
Sure.
So you cannot give them any room.
And you give them the slightest bit of room.
You know, it's going up and it's going in.
So, you know, we tried to stay home more on them.
We did a better job with that.
Same thing offensively.
We had a slow start.
Right.
We were kind of forcing things inside when they weren't open.
They were sagging, obviously sagging in on us.
And second half, we made some adjustments offensively and opened things up.
And, you know, our shooters knocked down threes,
and they had to come out and guard them,
and we were able to get some layups inside.
Yeah, you mentioned your shooters knocking down threes.
You had three players scoring 17 points at peace last night,
Rachel Derbin, Emily Fromnich, and Jackie Matthews.
Talk a bit about those three scores
and how they're able to feed off of each other so well
to have a balanced offensive attack.
And that's what we've been preaching all year.
You have to go inside to create outside.
And, you know, and confidence, you know,
getting the shot up, Rachel started, she finally got,
I think her first three was in the third quarter, she got up.
Yeah.
And they've been doing a good job defending her,
not letting her get anything,
but, you know, she got an open look and hit it,
and then she just went from there, you know,
with Jackie getting some open shots.
Our post did a good job of setting some screens.
You know, we got them kind of off the block,
set some screens for them to get open.
The guards started driving in there, so first,
and then they got fouled, so then they were able to,
they sagged off them or were able to knock down some shots.
Jackie Matthews hit five three-pointers last night.
Did they, the Geneva, I should say, start to guard her
any differently as she started to catch fire?
She shot five for nine, which is incredible from three.
No, they kind of still were focusing, you know,
on her post, but then, you know,
like we said, we set some screens for her.
That was, I'm sure they were trying to adjust,
but, you know, we were able to get her some open looks.
Great.
So it's a season sweep against Geneva.
It has to be good for team morale,
heading into the playoffs,
knowing that you've swept one of your opponents in the pack.
It was.
It was good.
I mean, it's always tough playing down there.
Yeah.
It's, even every 15 years I've coached,
it's always been a battle down there.
It doesn't matter records.
It doesn't matter what's going on.
Yeah.
It's a battle, and it was good to get a win
on Saturday against St. Vincent and, you know,
you know, getting on the right track offensively.
So just give us some confidence.
Yeah.
I mean, even regardless of the tough loss at Grove City,
you guys have shown improvement as the season's gone on.
You lost to Grove City by double digits.
You could have won that one,
and it would have been another split series.
Yes.
You split the series against Teal,
Waynesburg and Bethany,
all teams that you lost to earlier in the season
and came back to in in the second half of the season.
Talk a little bit about how you've been able to improve
and why you've improved and how the teams developed overall.
You know, we've been preaching,
especially the second half of the season,
is, you know, we still have to get better.
We still, you know, we could still beat these teams.
You know, we were losing to these teams in the first half.
It wasn't huge amounts.
Obviously, besides Thomas Moore, maybe W and J, St. Vincent,
they weren't huge amounts.
We were in these games.
We needed to mature.
We needed to get better.
We needed to learn how to win games,
especially having a young team that, you know,
were losing these games.
We needed to learn how to win.
And, you know, you, I wish we could take,
get back one of those Chatham games, you know,
especially Grove City, you know,
but, you know, we've been battling through
some kids that are sick.
So it's just been just trying to keep them together
and stay focused, you know, for the playoffs.
Absolutely.
So this is a big win against St. Vincent,
or excuse me, a big game coming up against St. Vincent
this Saturday.
Yeah, a big win, hopefully.
Yeah, a big win.
That's a foreshadow here.
It's senior day.
Let's talk about your lone senior on the roster.
Again, it's a young team, a lot of learning,
but you have Rachel Derbin, who's a senior,
been a key player for you for four years.
Talk a bit about what she's meant to this young squad
as a whole, and what she's meant to the program overall.
You know, Rachel is a quiet leader,
but she's a hard worker.
And this year she has shown what it takes,
the work ethic, what it takes.
You know, when she goes, we go.
And that's what has happened if you go back in the games this year,
and the team has fed off of her.
And she just loves the game, you could tell.
She's the first one on the floor and everyone giving it her all.
And, you know, as a leader, you know, by her actions,
she has led this team.
And the team is fighting for her.
You know, they don't want her to end her career shortly.
They want it to keep going.
Absolutely.
Yeah, she's, you know, she has worked hard
and has become the player she has
because of the work she's put in.
So I don't believe it's going to be her last home,
or regular season game as a title.
It's hard to believe after all this time,
you know, seeing her play so many games.
Out of her skill set as a coach,
what are you going to miss the most after this season?
You know, Rachel, she knocked down open shot.
I mean, and that she does that on that end.
But on the other end, what people don't see is, you know,
she's matched up against the other teams.
You know, great defender, I mean, great offensive player.
So she gives us, she gives us both on both ends.
And this year, which has helped her,
she doesn't have to create so much offensively.
She just has to get to a spot.
She puts so much energy on the defensive end this year
with having such a good inside game
and other guards that can shoot.
She's, you know, more confident offensively for us.
You dropped one earlier in the season against St. Vincent.
Yeah.
A chance to tie the series now, one-on-one.
Yeah.
But you've done to a lot of teams in the pack.
Mm-hmm.
What are you going to do in practice?
What needs to be done differently, you know,
on your home floor to get a victory?
You know, with St. Vincent, they have five scores.
I mean, every one of them could score,
every one of them could get hot.
So it's going to have to be, you know, we can't,
we can't just focus on one person.
We have to play complete team defense.
We have to, you know, keep our person in front of them.
They like to drive.
They like to push the ball.
We got to contain them.
And we can't come down and take quick shots.
You know, we got to, we can't come down,
take quick shots and give the ball right back to them.
Well, Coach, I wish you the best of luck.
All right, Dan.
And I'm excited to see what happens.
And that's all for this segment.
Coming up next, we have Mackenzie Basala,
who's going to bring us a pack basketball update.
Welcome to the pack basketball report
for February 16th, 2017.
I'm Mackenzie Basala.
This week in the pack for men's basketball,
St. Vincent is keeping the lead with a 14-2 record.
The Bearcats split a pair of pack games last week,
following 83 to 71 at Bethany on Wednesday
before bouncing back with an 80 to 47 victory
Saturday against Teal.
Coming in second in the pack is Thomas Moore
with a 13-3 record.
And following behind them in third is Westminster
with a 10-6 pack record.
Pack player of the week is Damien King,
a sophomore guard from Thomas Moore.
King led the Saints to a pair of pack wins last week,
which kept them in second place in the pack standings,
heading into the final week of the regular season.
He averaged 22.5 points, six rebounds, five assists,
and two steals per game,
and shot 94.4% from the free throw line
and 57.1% from the three-point range.
And Thomas Moore's win over Westminster Wednesday,
King scored a career-high 29 points,
pulled down eight rebounds, and dished out six assists.
Rookie of the week goes out to Chance Trucks,
a freshman forward from Bethany College.
Trucks averaged 18 points, 6.5 rebounds,
and 1.5 steals per game last week for a one-in-one Bethany.
He scored a career-high 25 points on nine out of 14 shots,
including a five-for-six effort from three-point range,
and added eight rebounds in last Wednesday's home win
over league-leading St. Vincent.
He finished with 11 points and five rebounds
in Saturday's home setback against W&J.
On the women's side of the pack basketball,
Thomas Moore is still leading
with an undefeated 16-0 record.
Thomas Moore ranked number two and four in the country,
went 2-0 with a pair of pack wins
over Westminster and Waynesburg last week.
Coming in second is W&J with a 13-3 record,
followed by St. Vincent in third
with a 12-4 pack record.
Pack player of the week for the women
is sophomore Madison Temple, a guard for Thomas Moore.
Temple averaged 21.5 points, 8.5 rebounds,
7 assists, and 3.5 steals per game
to help the Saints to a 2-0 record last week.
She registered her first career triple-double
in Wednesday's win over Westminster,
going for 18 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists.
It was just the 17th triple-double
posted in Division III this season.
For the week she shot, 70.8% from the floor
and 75% from the 3-point range.
Rookie of the week is Katie Balcom,
a freshman at Grove City College.
Balcom averaged 11 points, 4.5 rebounds,
and four steals per game last week
in helping Grove City to a 2-0 record.
She had 16 points against Geneva Wednesday night,
along with three boards and three steals Saturday.
Balcom had six points and six rebounds
and five steals and a win over Westminster.
That is all for this edition of the Pack Basketball Report.
I'm Mackenzie Basala, and I'll see you on the court.
And welcome back to Coaches Corner.
I'm Kallen Gerski, enjoying this time.
Headman's basketball coach, Kevin Soroky.
Coach, how are we doing?
I'm good, as always.
So, since we last talked, the team has played two games,
one-on-one in the last two games.
Let's talk about the game that happened last Saturday
against Grove City.
Your team was able to win 65-60.
The first half was full of lead changes, full of ties.
What led to such an exciting first half?
Well, I thought Cam Kay and Johnson did a good job
coming out and scoring.
I think he had 16 in the first half for us,
and he kept us in the game.
Playing against Grove City,
it's a whole different ball game from playing anybody else.
They run their system really well.
So, I thought we played a great first half.
The second half, we just didn't finish the game,
and we're kind of disappointed we didn't get that win,
but we'll go from there.
In the first half, I want to talk about this real quick,
Grove City had a big advantage in field goal percentage.
I believe they shot, like, 58% or something like that,
and you guys only shot about 29.
How did you keep it so close in the first half?
You guys were only down by one.
How did you keep it so close with such a big gap?
Yeah, you know, I think that, you know, like, again,
they run their system really well.
And so, you know, I thought, you know, again,
Cam Kay, you know, keeping us in a little bit,
and I thought we attacked the hoop pretty well.
I think we went up five points in the first half,
and we didn't get an opportunity to extend that lead.
And, but again, you know, I give credit to all our guys
for battling and keeping it in there,
especially with them shooting a high percentage.
Right.
So, and you kind of mentioned this,
was the low percentage because of Grove City's defense,
or was it just a matter of shots not falling?
I think it was both, you know what I mean?
I thought we had some great looks,
and we just didn't go in.
Right.
But I really, like I said,
I give our guys a lot of credit for, you know,
hanging in there,
and we could have probably went down
maybe 10 points and a half time,
but, you know, we're down one
and give us an opportunity to come back a second half.
And in that second half, late in the second half,
with a minute and 52 to go, your team was down eight.
In that situation, you know,
there's not much time to go.
What are you thinking?
What are you calling?
Well, you know, the thing is,
and I told the guys before the game,
even at halftime that, you know,
remember from last year,
we were down, you know, five with, you know,
like a minute left in the game as well.
And we made a good comeback.
So, you know, again,
and we've been preaching this all year long,
and it doesn't matter if you're up 20 or down 20,
we've been in both situations
and keep battling until, you know,
that clock is, you know,
has all the zeros on it.
So, and that's what the guys did.
And as I was alluding to that,
you guys went on a little five-nothing run
and then got yourself within three,
had two opportunities at a three at the end,
but couldn't get them to go.
You know, how does it feel to know that,
yes, it is a loss to Griff City,
but, you know, you guys were outshot
by almost 15% in the game,
yet you're still right there at the end.
Yeah, you know, and like I said,
I give them guys credit.
I know, Jared, we had an and one,
and, you know, unfortunately,
we missed a free throw there,
but we get ourselves some, you know,
we got a good defensive stop.
But I think we went to a half-court trap a little bit
to switch it up.
Got a steal, and we had an opportunity
to make some shots.
You know, you know, it didn't go in,
but that's okay.
But, you know, at least we gave ourselves
that opportunity.
That's what we were looking for.
And give ourselves an opportunity
to make those shots.
And, you know, it doesn't matter
who shoots it for us.
I believe in everybody.
Right.
And, you know, it just didn't go in that time.
All right, so let's get into the last night's game.
You guys were able to avenge your loss
against Geneva the first time around
by beating them 72 to 64.
How'd that feel to go in there
and avenge that loss?
It was great, you know, especially, you know,
I thought we missed an opportunity here
to get them and then going down there.
And I know, you know, they're not playing,
you know, as well as they want to play.
And, you know, I think they lost four or five
going into that.
We've lost two going into that.
So we want to try to get back on the right track.
And I'm glad.
And I'm really happy
with the guys' performance last night.
And this is kind of something that we've been talking about.
You know, you talked about
how Waynesburg's a tough place to play.
Geneva's obviously no different.
What makes it so tough at Geneva?
I don't know.
You know, this is the atmosphere there.
You know, the court kind of says down lower.
I don't know.
It's just, they have some kind of mystique down there.
And I know when I played down there, same thing.
You know, we had some ruckus crowds and things like that.
And it was always fun to play there.
But yeah, they do a good job down there.
All right.
So your team saw a 10-point lead at halftime,
a 36-26 lead.
Obviously, the defense playing well,
only giving up 26 points in that first half.
What went well for your squad,
both offensively and defensively?
Well, it was just one stop at a time, then one hoop.
That's all it was.
You know, I think Jared Vrable
made some a lot of jump shots for us in the first half there.
You know, up to a good start.
I think he scored 16 in the first half.
So yeah, but on the defense,
I mean, that's where we got great stops, you know,
to stay in front of them.
That's what we didn't do in the first game against those guys.
And staying down, you know,
I thought we did a lot of when they guys drove to the hoop this,
we jumped in there a lot and they went up and under us
and got some hoops.
So I thought we did a great job
of staying in front of those guys last night.
So three Titans were in double figures last night.
Austin Armwood had 17.
Vrable had 20.
And then, of course, Camkin Johnson with 13.
You know, how nice is that to know
that three guys can combine for 50 points
and that's got to be good for that offense.
Yeah, and that's, like I said,
it's been a different person every night, you know,
as far as, you know, one of those guards stepping up
and then having Deontay and, you know,
Vrable being consistent all year long, you know,
and so we know what we're getting from those guys
and I think we're getting,
knowing we're getting from everybody.
You know what I mean?
So, you know, again, you know,
a lot of people say, oh, Deontay didn't have real good,
but he had four points and eight rebounds.
Right.
So, you know, he's doing his job as well.
And especially, you know, Polarski did well,
you know, and then Brandon Dominic did well,
and, you know, that's all those things.
Everybody's, you know, pulling their share
and that's what's a great team about it.
And you mentioned Deontay Scott,
kind of has been quietly, you know,
but as you said, someone else is picking up the slack.
You know, is that kind of what we're going to have to see
from here on out, you know, moving into the playoffs?
Deontay, you know, obviously a big figure
that two guys are going against.
Is that what we're going to see?
I would think, and I think we mentioned last time,
I want to show that, you know,
a lot of teams are keen on Deontay and Vrable
and making our guards, you know,
trying to make our guards beat them.
And, you know, if I was a coach,
I'll be trying to do the same thing,
kind of a little bit,
trying to take Deontay out of it.
And some of the teams are doing a good job,
and, you know, he's keep battling
and he's doing a great job,
actually he's doing a great job
of passing a basketball, you know,
to the open guy instead of trying to force things up.
I give him a lot of credit for that.
And you just mentioned that,
and that's something,
I think Deontay led the team in assists last night
with four or five.
You know, how can a big guy like Deontay,
how is he able to do that?
Well, you know, Deontay's always talking to practice,
like, coach, I can pass the ball.
He's done a great job of it, though.
Like I said, I give him a lot of credit
for not trying to force things
and, you know, getting frustrated
by not, you know, being able to score
or being keen on him.
And he's passing the ball to the right guys,
and, you know, the guys are making shots
or getting to the hoop.
And, like I said, I give those guys,
him and Ravel have been doing a great job
of all your long with that,
and I give them credit.
So this Saturday,
St. Vincent comes in a buzz riddle gymnasium.
It's senior day.
Not many seniors on the team,
but, you know, can you talk about those guys
that you're losing?
You know, it's, you know,
with Cody Gander and Campos guy
and Jason Polarski, all three of them,
and with those seniors from last year,
those guys have been, you know,
through the ups and downs.
Right.
You know, and I think the last part
of the last year and this year,
they've seen the hard work they've put in
and, you know, the success we're having this year,
and I'm really proud of what they've done.
And, you know, again, they're one of those,
they're those guys that, you know,
built that foundation for us,
and I'll always be grateful
for what they've done for us
and how hard they've worked for us,
and I'm really appreciative of their work.
And so you mentioned this before we went on air
that it's a big game for both teams.
A huge game, actually, for both teams.
Can you talk about that just a little bit?
Yeah.
You know, St. Vincent got beat
by Thomas Moore last night,
so they were tied for first,
and if, you know, if we,
we happen to beat St. Vincent on Saturday,
then they're going to stay in second place,
and then, you know, we'll stay in third,
and then if we lose, then, you know,
till, you know, if they win,
still wins, they'll beat us,
and with the tiebreaker,
we'll be in fourth place,
and then they'll play in Bethany.
If we win, we'll end up playing
in Grove City for sure.
All right, so real quick,
what does Westminster have to do
to avenge the loss against St. Vincent?
Well, we're happy to have a variable back.
You didn't play down there.
Right.
So, you know, that's a big thing for us,
but also, we just got to solve their zone.
They played a great zone.
I think their coach does a great job.
Obviously, they're in fourth time
defending champions,
but, you know, their zone,
their zone defense is pretty good,
so we got to solve that,
and still play, continue to play great defense,
and I think we'll be okay.
All right, and that game will be on WCN
on Saturday, Westminster and St. Vincent.
That'll do it for this segment,
but coming up next, it'll be Dr. B.
He has a Westminster playoff scenario,
so stay tuned.
Hi, this is Dr. B.
for Coaches Corner and Titan Radio
with a look at the playoff scenarios
for the men's and ladies' teams
in the pack tournament taking place next week.
I wish to thank Pack Commissioner Joe Inderco
for his analysis of the playoff pairings.
The Westminster Titan ladies will enter
the playoffs as the number eight seed,
and they will have to travel on Monday
to take on the number five seed.
Depending on the outcome of Saturday's contest,
the Westminster ladies will meet
to a Bethany or Grove City
in round one of the playoffs.
If victorious, they will move on to
Wednesday night's quarterfinals
to compete against the fourth seed
in the tournament.
On the men's side,
the Titan men have guaranteed a home playoff game.
Tipoff is set for seven o'clock Tuesday night
at Buzz Riddle Gymnasium.
The Titan men can end up
either third or fourth seed in the tournament.
Westminster can clinch the third seed
with a win or a see,
Vincent or a teal loss to Chatham.
The Titans will most likely face either
Bethany or Grove City on Tuesday night
for their first round playoff game.
The women's Monday night game away
will be broadcast on Titan Radio
and Titan Radio dot net
to place in time to be announced,
depending on the results of Saturday's games.
The Tuesday night first round playoff game
for the men will be broadcast on WCN cable
and also streamed at WCNlive.com.
Airtime is 6.50.
For Coaches Corner and Titan Radio,
I'm Dr. B.
Welcome back to the segment of Coaches Corner.
This segment, we have track and field head coach Tim McNeil.
Thank you for joining me.
Sure thing.
Glad to be here.
So you are also the head coach for Cross Country.
So how do you manage to switch so fastly
and transition between Cross Country and Track Field?
Yeah, it is a little bit of a challenge
because my head coach, Tim McNeil,
is the head coach for Cross Country.
Yeah, it is a little bit of a challenge
because my sports run from August before school starts
and we don't end basically until after school is out
with the National Championship for Outdoor Track and Field
is Memorial Day weekend.
So we're here, I'm here a week before,
a week and a half before we actually start classes
and then it's like three or four weeks after classes,
we're still at it.
So it's a little bit of a challenge there too
for some of the guys and girls
who start at the beginning of the year
and they go all the way to the end of the year
where other sports don't have quite that amount of time put in.
So we do have to try to find some type of balance.
Our practices are not very long
because if we were all year,
two or three hours a day,
we'd have a team of like 10 people.
So we really try to promote that it's fun
it's something that you can do for your whole life
and it's a part of a healthy lifestyle
and we've been pretty successful keeping people out.
So getting to your question,
Cross Country starts, they're running
and sometime end of October,
track season starts, we're allowed to start practices.
It's not so bad because the Cross Country team
is doing their thing, they're off on their runs
and I'm able to work with the sprinters or jumpers.
I don't necessarily work with the throwers
but the throwers are able to practice
if they're not in another sport.
And if they're in another sport, that's great,
do the other sport.
So we're not fighting for time.
We believe that everybody can do anything.
So that starts and then we get rolling
and then it's Thanksgiving break
and we take a little bit of time off
and then we have like a week of practices.
One meet in December for track,
we're off for a Christmas break
and then we come back for a mini camp.
The nice thing about track and field in Cross Country
is for the most part, you get your breaks.
So some sports, if they're here, if they're a winter sport
and you have to miss, you know,
you can't go home for a fall break
and then you can't go home
because of practice over winter break or Easter break,
we give them those breaks.
So they are built into the season.
So it's a long season but there are some downtime.
So speaking of breaks, this spring break
you are going to North Carolina?
South Carolina.
Okay, and you mentioned to me
that you are not going to the same place
that you went last year?
Well, it is, it's the same,
we're staying in the same place,
but the meet that we always go to
is through Coastal Carolina and Myrtle Beach High School.
So Coastal Carolina University is the host of the meet,
but because Myrtle Beach High School
has such a big stadium, they hosted there.
Well, they're doing renovations to Myrtle Beach Stadium
and track so they canceled the meet.
We had already paid for the houses,
so we were kind of not sure what we were going to do.
We did find a meet in Charleston,
Charleston Southern University,
which is now about an hour and a half south of where we're staying.
So in years past, it was just an easy trip
to Coastal Carolina for the meet.
Now it'll be a little bit more similar
to what we do here.
We got to get up a little earlier
and drive to a meet.
So it'll be a little bit of a change from in the past,
but it's not going to be that much of a change
for us from what our normal routine is.
So when you're down there, do you have breaks?
Do you have a day off?
We do give the team one day off.
Usually it's like the day before the meet to let them rest,
because when we're down there,
we actually have some really hard workouts,
and the best thing is, and I say they're sort of in jail,
although the track and field,
the whole program, there's a lot more freedom
and there's a lot more time for beach activities,
stuff like that, because there's only so much you can run.
So we have a practice.
We do have two-day practices.
We practice once in the track in the mornings,
and then we practice in the afternoon on the beach.
We do some type of plyometrics or push-ups, sit-ups.
We bring the bands, or sometimes we'll bring weights
or medicine balls.
But then there is one day where you get the day off,
and usually it's the day after a really hard day,
and the next day is a meet, so they get some rest.
I always say it, there's only so much actual running
and training you can do before your body starts to break down,
so we want to make sure that we build that rest in,
and they can have some fun.
Okay, so now going into this season,
who do you specifically look to stand out this season?
I know Javon Hardy has broken a school record.
Javon is right now, he's one of the premier sprinters,
not only in this area, but in the entire nation.
I think he's sitting sixth in the nation right now
in the 60-meter dash.
He was ninth overall last year in the 100-meter dash,
and that was really his first year of running last year,
because he had done track before, but he only high-jumped.
He's a guy that never even did track in high school,
and he comes here freshman year.
We have him in the high-jumped sophomore year.
He actually is the one who decided.
I think I can run a little bit.
We put him in a meeting, he almost wins it,
and we're like, I think you're pretty fast.
So you just never know,
and that's the nice thing about track and field is
you've been running since you were two years old
or doing something since you were two years old.
It's not like a sport like basketball
where there's a specific skill involved.
It's something you've been doing a lot.
So we kind of got a diamond in the rough there,
and we expect good things for him in the indoor nationals,
and then hopefully in outdoor nationals.
But he's a guy that definitely stands out.
We feel like once we get to the outdoor season,
he's going to kind of be an anchor of a relay team
that is going to have a chance to go to nationals.
And certainly there's some other guys.
Demetrius Bentley has provided some behind-the-scenes leadership
that we wouldn't have the team that we have,
and he's certainly a really good sprinter in his own right.
Then on the women's side,
we've got a couple national qualifiers
that are returning for us in Cassidy Shepard and Brooke Mancuso,
and Marissa Calci, who was hurt in the first outdoor meet last year.
She's a seven-time All-American for us.
The week after she was, I think, third in the nation,
she gets hurt in an outdoor meet and ended her season.
Well, she was able to get a medical red shirt,
and she's back for the outdoor season this year.
So we certainly think that she has a chance,
and she is coming off of a significant injury,
so I'm not saying it's going to happen,
but she's going to battle her way into trying to become
an eight-time All-American at Westminster,
which I think is unheard of here.
So your next meet is Saturday.
How are you preparing the team this week?
Well, we go to Kenyon College this Saturday,
and it's sort of a tune-up for us.
So we're going to compete Saturday and then Thursday.
So just a few days later is our conference championships.
So we kind of go into Kenyon with the idea
that it's a little bit of practice,
it's a little bit conditioning.
We don't want to overdo it where they're too beat down
for the conference championships on Thursday.
So we're going to put people in the right events
and make sure we get a little bit of work in.
All right, well, that is all the time we have for today.
Thank you for joining me.
Next week, we will have head baseball coach
and head softball coach.
So stay tuned for that.
I'm Emily Seacrest,
and thank you for joining us on Coach's Corner.
