Men's volleyball using more than skill to win
The men's volleyball team
defeated Redeemer on November 3
to kick off the regular season.
"Redeemer has a very strong home court advantage, there are hundreds of fans that come out to watch us play and it can really have its effect on the first-year players," said setter and Captain Mitch Berman. With this game, the team showed they can play under extreme pressure.
The team then travelled to Humber on November 5 to take on the back-to-back champions. The team knew they had their work cut out for them and showed that they still do have some work to do to compete with a championship team.
"We didn't play Humber with the same intensity we played Redeemer with; we came out flat and we had a lot of things go wrong for us," said Berman.
The men ended up losing the game, but they didn't let it bring them down. All in all, the Falcons are surprising a lot of teams this year. "We honestly can get in the heads of our opponents," said Berman. "We look young and we aren't expected to do a lot, but we play strong as a team. We don't have the one star who will carry us, we all play as a six-man team and we do it very well. We can get those scrappy plays that no one expects, we will run for the loose balls, and we know how to get under the skin of other team."
The team can take a lot out of the first games of the regular season; they look strong and even though they lost to the champions and they played an off game, they still kept it competitive.
The year is looking good for the men and they know that with hard practice and hard work they can catch everyone by surprise this year. Support your Falcons by checking out the home games — the full schedule can be viewed at tinyurl.com/mensvball2011.
"Redeemer has a very strong home court advantage, there are hundreds of fans that come out to watch us play and it can really have its effect on the first-year players," said setter and Captain Mitch Berman. With this game, the team showed they can play under extreme pressure.
The team then travelled to Humber on November 5 to take on the back-to-back champions. The team knew they had their work cut out for them and showed that they still do have some work to do to compete with a championship team.
"We didn't play Humber with the same intensity we played Redeemer with; we came out flat and we had a lot of things go wrong for us," said Berman.
The men ended up losing the game, but they didn't let it bring them down. All in all, the Falcons are surprising a lot of teams this year. "We honestly can get in the heads of our opponents," said Berman. "We look young and we aren't expected to do a lot, but we play strong as a team. We don't have the one star who will carry us, we all play as a six-man team and we do it very well. We can get those scrappy plays that no one expects, we will run for the loose balls, and we know how to get under the skin of other team."
The team can take a lot out of the first games of the regular season; they look strong and even though they lost to the champions and they played an off game, they still kept it competitive.
The year is looking good for the men and they know that with hard practice and hard work they can catch everyone by surprise this year. Support your Falcons by checking out the home games — the full schedule can be viewed at tinyurl.com/mensvball2011.
