Beth Launiere
Beth Launiere
against chance gives matches playing programs schedule situation strong teams top wins
Our schedule has us playing some Top 25 teams this season. This schedule is a better situation for our team. It's strong enough to get some national-level matches and it still gives us the chance to get some wins against some of the top programs out there.
developed hard jump junior natalie program ready solid spring worked
Natalie is a junior that has worked hard and developed in the program for two years. She had a solid spring and is ready to jump in when needed.
amount coaching conference excited expertise five goals high join last level mountain needs pursued quality reasons reflect respect staff state success team tremendous utah volleyball west
I am excited to have Burt join the Utah volleyball staff. Our team has high goals in the Mountain West Conference and the nation, and the quality of my coaching staff needs to reflect these goals. I have a tremendous amount of respect for Burt's achievements at Utah State over the last five years and his experience, success and expertise at this level were the reasons I pursued him for the position.
built committed couple decided hard last losses playing pressure together tough tournament trust
We've had some tough losses in the last couple of weeks. We just decided to go into this tournament and play as a team. We've been on and off in playing together because we don't have the years of trust built up. You get into pressure situations, and it's hard to have that trust level. We said we had to have it and everyone committed to it.
compliment compliments
Danielle is so consistent. The tandem of Shelly and Danielle are an important part of our offense. They compliment each other very well.
battle everybody served tougher won
We served very aggressively the whole tournament. We won the serve/pass battle every match. We served better and tougher and more aggressively than everybody we played.
good middle ownership proven step
We don't have a proven go-to middle yet. However, we have good middles. It's just that we don't know who's going to step up and take ownership of the position.
balanced best complete conference game match played road time win year
I think that was our best match yet this season. Other than game two, we played a complete match. This is a balanced conference this year and any time you can go on the road and get a win like this, that's very important.
amount conference hitters offensive outside premiere responsibility three top tremendous
Shelly is one of the top three outside hitters in the conference and is one of the premiere hitters in the country. She is going to have a tremendous amount of offensive responsibility this year.
achievement across athletes both experience goals herself invaluable playing top track volleyball
This is a very big accomplishment. It's going to be an invaluable experience for her to play with top athletes from across the country. Playing high-level volleyball like this will keep her on track for the goals she has set for herself both collegially and nationally.
coaches competition excited heather loved player utah volleyball
Heather is one of the up-and-coming coaches in our profession. I loved her competitiveness as a player and am excited to have her on the Utah volleyball staff.