Volleyball finally snaps its 2 year losing streak

Volleyball head coach Ernest Vasquez triumphed from the sidelines as the team defeated Stephen F. Austin on Wednesday.

The Warhawks (2-0) won in five sets (26-24, 23-25, 25-20, 15-25, 15-11) the day after beating McNeese State in a five-set thriller, which snapped a 40-match losing streak.

Vasquez said he told the team to fight. He said, “If you play sports, you ‘gotta’ fight.”

The team got the message and proved it to Vasquez. Against Stephen F. Austin, the team never commanded the series, but they closed out sets.

“This is not a turnaround. This is only two matches, we are just getting started,” Vasquez said.

The team had not won a match since Sept. 29, 2009 at Jackson State University.

The team has moved on from that history, and showed it on the court. Jumping around at times themselves, the girls had a lot of fun on the court. Vasquez agreed and said that it is not one particular girl that brings the success, it is all of them.

“You got to put the best athletes on the court, that’s all it comes down to,” he said.

The team plays Grambling State on Tues. Sept. 6 at home in the ULM Activity Center. The first set begins at 6:00 p.m.