What's going on in Coral Gables? The UM volleyball team that just missed the NCAA Tournament in 2008 and returned the full complement of it's young stars and playmakers is falling way short of expectations. The ACC Coaches pre-season preview had the lady canes ranked as the third best team in the conference, the SFV Report had them ranked second and sure that they would make it to NCAA Tournament.
After-all the team was lead by All ACC talents, Lane Carico, Jenny Mayhew and Kattie Gallagher. The Middle was going to be enforced by Lici McGee and Ali Becker. The team is well coached by Nicole Lantagne Welsh. It was only natural to think that a team that went 26-6 in 2008 should only get better with another year of experience and conditioning under their belt.
Up Hill Battle: After only 13 games into the season the 2009 campaign looks to be in jeopardy. UM is currently 8-5 and 1-2/ACC and is currently in 8th place within the ACC. This is not an easy conference with Georgia Tech and Clemson coming in this weekend hoping to give UM two more defeats and practically putting a fork in UM's hopes of having a great season. After these two matches UM still has to contend with 15 more ACC battles.
I am unable to piece together why this is happening to such a talented team. Although, as a spectator I have not seen the same intensity as I did last year nor has the attack been as sharp and fierce as it was last year.
I hope the coaches and the players find the right mix and bottle it up because they need to go on a special run to live up to what we all know this team is capable of.
Let's do our part: The Lady Canes need your energy. Last year the UM team feed from the energy of an enthusiastic and large crowd - they need you once again to get a special winning streak going. So show up strong this weekend and cheer your team to victory.
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