Re: 2016 Season
OK...time for a few facts in this discussion. Softball first, just so another thread isn't needed. Both softball and volleyball get their share of scholarships funded. We have 21 sports, while USD has fewer (I'm not going to go count them...but they have neither baseball or wrestling). Krista Wood has the softball team on the comeback trail (they were just as low as volleyball). Nana Brewer was a total failure with volleyball, and we went in a deep slump. McDaniel did pretty good in trying to get the program back up, but failure to bring in better athletes left us again in a quagmire in his last two years. Cirillo was then hired with the program at complete bottom (0-16) in the conference in his last season. With basically the same players, her first year wasn't good either. This year, there have been a few glimpses of moving ahead just a little. In all fairness, she recruited 6 freshmen players and four of them have not played because of injuries.
Next year will be very important for her. Forget the number of seniors departing, because only a couple have been playing. But next year will probably show whether she can get it back to a midpoint in the conference. Then we can all jump back in again.
OK...time for a few facts in this discussion. Softball first, just so another thread isn't needed. Both softball and volleyball get their share of scholarships funded. We have 21 sports, while USD has fewer (I'm not going to go count them...but they have neither baseball or wrestling). Krista Wood has the softball team on the comeback trail (they were just as low as volleyball). Nana Brewer was a total failure with volleyball, and we went in a deep slump. McDaniel did pretty good in trying to get the program back up, but failure to bring in better athletes left us again in a quagmire in his last two years. Cirillo was then hired with the program at complete bottom (0-16) in the conference in his last season. With basically the same players, her first year wasn't good either. This year, there have been a few glimpses of moving ahead just a little. In all fairness, she recruited 6 freshmen players and four of them have not played because of injuries.
Next year will be very important for her. Forget the number of seniors departing, because only a couple have been playing. But next year will probably show whether she can get it back to a midpoint in the conference. Then we can all jump back in again.
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