"There are a lot of remind- ers all over the Field House that let us know what our final goal is, and what we want to make of the season. There's inspiration coming from all different places.''
our fans. "There are a lot of people who will have to step
up and help us get to the tournament. We had six freshmen playing last year and now all those girls are sophomores and they've matured so much. "They've really brought more energy to the prac- tices.''
Ellen Chapman and Courtney Thomas were named to the Big Ten All-Freshman team. Anoth- er sophomore, Crystal Graff, has returned from an injury that sidelined her the second half of the season. Graff led all hitters in kills during last Satur- day's intrasquad scrimmage. Mitchell also singled out another sophomore, Deme Morales. "Deme is getting much better and improving ev- ery single day,'' she said. Many of the pieces to the puzzle are in place and more mature, Waite added. "The minute we stepped on to the court this year,
we were playing at a high level,'' he said, "and we were able to start the team with higher level drills than we did a year ago. "We'll know a lot more at the end of pre-confer-
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