And the sweet taste of revenge is on the Lions' tongues! SLU easily dispatched the Golden Suns from Arkansas Tech 3-0 (25-15, 25-15, 25-18) and showed a lot of poise as well. The errors went down and the intensity went up!
Evan Ortiz will be posting a full match write up soon, and make sure keep an eye on the live stats this evening when the Lions take on the Argos at 8:00 eastern/7:00 central. Click here for the link!
Friday, September 11, 2009
Never Forget...
Saint Leo Volleyball hopes everyone takes a moment to remember where they were eight years ago on this day, and never forget those we lost and those who are still fighting.
Saint Leo University is one of the leading providers of higher education for the men and women who serve our country, and our thoughts and prayers are with them everyday.
Saint Leo University is one of the leading providers of higher education for the men and women who serve our country, and our thoughts and prayers are with them everyday.
In not so sunny Pensacola
It is Saturday morning in Pensacola, Florida and the team has just finished eating a yummy breakfast at the Comfort Inn (Belgian Waffles!). Last night was an eight hour bus ride from Saint Leo, and many of the players spent most of the time passed out! We think that Lucy has selective narcolepsy, that girl can pass out immediately in any moving vehicle.
All the players got to sit down with Coach Sam and chat about their progress this season and where the coaching staff is looking for them to improve. Let's just say that 15 meetings takes about six and a half hours! Dinner was at a Ruby Tuesday's in Gainesville, and most of the girls took advantage of the salad bar.
Today the Lions take on Arkansas Tech at 2pm and University of West Florida at 7pm, both central time. Last season, SLU lost in 5 sets to the AT Golden Suns in the final match of a marathon of four matches in less than 24 hours in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, so we are looking for some payback this weekend! The UWF Argos are a perennial region contender, losing to the SSC's own Nova Southeastern in last year's NCAA Regional Finals. So far this season, UWF has lost to Lynn and Tampa, but has beaten Eckerd and Nova. They are a very talented and competitive team, and the Lions are looking forward to another challenge!
Make sure to follow the matches on the Saint Leo Athletics Twitter site, and check out www.saintleolions.com for match write ups and OUR NEW HEAD SHOTS!
All the players got to sit down with Coach Sam and chat about their progress this season and where the coaching staff is looking for them to improve. Let's just say that 15 meetings takes about six and a half hours! Dinner was at a Ruby Tuesday's in Gainesville, and most of the girls took advantage of the salad bar.
Today the Lions take on Arkansas Tech at 2pm and University of West Florida at 7pm, both central time. Last season, SLU lost in 5 sets to the AT Golden Suns in the final match of a marathon of four matches in less than 24 hours in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, so we are looking for some payback this weekend! The UWF Argos are a perennial region contender, losing to the SSC's own Nova Southeastern in last year's NCAA Regional Finals. So far this season, UWF has lost to Lynn and Tampa, but has beaten Eckerd and Nova. They are a very talented and competitive team, and the Lions are looking forward to another challenge!
Make sure to follow the matches on the Saint Leo Athletics Twitter site, and check out www.saintleolions.com for match write ups and OUR NEW HEAD SHOTS!
Saturday, September 5, 2009
A Win and a Clinic
The Leo Lions had a great day today with a win over East Stroudsburg and a great free clinic that was offered to all area high school students. For the full match write up click here, and check out the pictures below!
The Lions have a pregame party!
Introductions!
Stretching at the beginning of the clinic
Question and Answer with the Lions!
The Lions have a pregame party!
Introductions!
Stretching at the beginning of the clinic
Question and Answer with the Lions!For more photos, make sure to check out the SLU Volleyball PhotoBucket Page!
Chris' Corner: Tricks of the trade from your friendly neighboorhod Certified Athletic Trainer
It's been a pretty good week in my corner of the world. Despite playing 11 sets of volleyball in less than 24 hours everyone has remained relatively healthy. Wanting to stick with the quasi-educational theme of my postings I thought I might discuss my profession. Or more to the point, What is a Certified Athletic Trainer? Basically, a Certified Athletic Trainer is a subject matter expert on orthopedic injuries (injuries occurring to the muscles, bones and joints). There are six domains of practice in the profession: 1. injury prevention, 2. immediate care, 3. injury evaluation, 4. rehabilitation of injury, 5. professional development (continuing education) and 6. administrative responsibilities. To be eligible to sit for the Board of Certification exam candidates must obtain their BS in Athletic Training from an accredited Athletic Training Education Program. The exam is based on the six domains of practice and carries only about a 40% pass rate. Not exactly an easy test. While educational program design will vary slightly, highlights of the coursework include: gross anatomy (with cadaver dissection), upper/lower extremity injury evaluation, therapeutic modalities, biomechanics, emergency management of athletic injury, therapeutic exercise, and injury rehabilitation. To clear up a common misconception, Athletic Trainers are not the people who work with athletes in the gym. Athletic Trainers are Allied Health Professionals (the same category as nurses, physical therapists, etc.) as recognized by the American Medical Association. In case you can't tell, I love my profession. There is nothing more satisfying to me than to be there at the moment of injury with an athlete in pain who is looking to you for help, figuring out what is wrong, helping them through rehab and seeing them play again. That's what it's all about!
But enough serious talk. I'm stepping down off my soapbox.
In my last edition I forgot to mention the friendly rivalry brewing between yours truly and one Leah Perry. In Colorado she talked some serious trash about her foosball skills before being handed a 10-0 thrashing. Perhaps you should stick to volleyball LP. Painfully, my good fortune did not hold out during a hotly contested game of UNO between matches. Touche.
I'm certain this struggle will continue this coming weekend when we make the arduous journey to West Florida. Eight hours on a bus with not a whole lot to do.
Tune in next week for another edition of Chris' Corner.
But enough serious talk. I'm stepping down off my soapbox.
In my last edition I forgot to mention the friendly rivalry brewing between yours truly and one Leah Perry. In Colorado she talked some serious trash about her foosball skills before being handed a 10-0 thrashing. Perhaps you should stick to volleyball LP. Painfully, my good fortune did not hold out during a hotly contested game of UNO between matches. Touche.
I'm certain this struggle will continue this coming weekend when we make the arduous journey to West Florida. Eight hours on a bus with not a whole lot to do.
Tune in next week for another edition of Chris' Corner.
Friday, September 4, 2009
SO CLOSE!
Saint Leo was so close this evening, almost took a match against #11 Minnesota-Duluth. After dropping the first game, we won the second and third decidedly, but lost in extra points in the fourth and couldn't pull it out in the fifth. Fortunately, the team was able to regroup and beat Bemidji State in three games in the second match of the day...
...thus warranting a van ride dance party on the way home!
Check out www.saintleolions.com for the full match write up!
...thus warranting a van ride dance party on the way home!
Check out www.saintleolions.com for the full match write up!
Blogging 101
As blogging is new to the Saint Leo Volleyball Team, we are doing our best to keep the blog updated on a regular basis whether we travel or not, but I think we're all still a little light headed from our trip to Colorado!
The week started out with 'picture day' for the team, always a nerve wracking event, but the girls looked great in our new black uniforms! Mike Carlson took the team photos again this year, which means we are all going to look stunning, and we are again looking forward to his action shots as well!
Today the Lions head to Lakeland to play two match at Florida Southern College. At 4pm we take on Minnesota-Duluth, currently ranked #11 in this week's NCAA poll, and at 7pm we face Bemidji State. We have had three very productive practices this week, and the coaches have been pleased with the team's progress. After playing another highly ranked team last week, the team has had a taste of what it's going to take to be at the top, and responded to our training!
WISH US LUCK!
The week started out with 'picture day' for the team, always a nerve wracking event, but the girls looked great in our new black uniforms! Mike Carlson took the team photos again this year, which means we are all going to look stunning, and we are again looking forward to his action shots as well!
Today the Lions head to Lakeland to play two match at Florida Southern College. At 4pm we take on Minnesota-Duluth, currently ranked #11 in this week's NCAA poll, and at 7pm we face Bemidji State. We have had three very productive practices this week, and the coaches have been pleased with the team's progress. After playing another highly ranked team last week, the team has had a taste of what it's going to take to be at the top, and responded to our training!
WISH US LUCK!
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