Thank everyone for coming! To the wRECking crew and everybody. It’s nice to win. It’s hard to win, and I’m just glad we found a way to finish that. USF gave us some problems in serve receive, and we’ll definitely be better at that.

Question: Do you think that was more that they’re giving you a problem or you having an off night?

Coach Katie: I think it was a little bit of both. I thought they served tough and served the seams. It gave us a little bit of trouble, I think it was a little bit of both.

Question: Did you ever consider trying to bring in, bringing in Emmi Sellman like you did last game to help with the passing?

Coach Katie: You know, it’s a fine line. We’re trying to find a way to let people work out of it a little bit, and I wanted to see what we can do tonight with who we had on the floor.

Question: Only one attack error from Kennedy (Martin) tonight. What was working for her?

Coach Katie: I thought Ken took some big swings, front court and backcourt. I thought Stucky did a good job of moving the ball around, and I thought both middles were involved. Kennedy was finding ways to score.

Question: What did you make of that play that Finley (Krystkowiak) made in the first set where she kind of had a bad pass and then recovered to get it over the net?

Ava Falduto: I’m sure it was awesome (laughs). I really have a bad memory, but, no, she’s really good at being really aggressive, and I know she is able to recover quickly no matter what the situation is, and she bounced back really well.

Question: Ryla, you’ve said that your serve has really improved since last season. What are some of the things that helped you achieve that?

Ryla Jones: I think we focus a lot on it in practice, and Katie’s always saying to be aggressive from behind the line because when we get them out of system, we can play really well, especially our blockers. So we dedicate a lot of time to serve and pass, and I think that has a big impact.

Question: Ava, what are some things you’ve done to kind of work on your overhead sets?

Ava Falduto:  Yeah, we do system work just about every single day. It’s a really big piece of the game. I think being able to get more reps and work with our different hitters has been really helpful. We’ve been with the same hitters since January, so it’s been nice to evolve with them.

Question: Playing outside in the past, how has that kind of helped you when you’re setting out of system?

Ava Falduto:  Yeah, I feel like I kind of just understand, like, what the blocker tendencies would do a little bit more. Like, if I need to push it out to the pin more, keep them more inside. And that kind of goes with each hitter, too.

Question: Ryla, how have you seen your connection with Stucky improve throughout the season?

Ryla Jones: I feel like it’s getting a lot better. She feeds me really good balls, and she instills a lot of confidence in me. Even if I don’t make the best swing, she gives me a really big smile and gets me the ball again. So I feel like her confidence in me helps a lot.