Volleyball Net | Photo by Diana Jaber | The Wright State Guardian
Wright State University approaches the new academic year with a new Horizon League season and head volleyball coach Travers Green.
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The team'sfirst 10 games are on the road with the first home game against the University of Dayton Flyers occurring on Sept. 15. The team is confident it can succeed in both away and home games.
“Our team is just filled with competitors,” senior outside hitter Megan Alders said. “When we are all competing at our highest level, we are pretty unstoppable. We just have a lot of heart, and it shows what Wright State Volleyball really is.”
Wright State welcomes Travers Green
With Travers Green now at the helm for WSU Volleyball, a big part of the team’s success will be adapting to a new system of play. According to the former Mississippi State assistant, the focus for out of conference play will be on building relationships with players and looking at a bigger picture.
“Anything new, you’re not going to be great at it to start, and we’re not getting too fixated on results now, we’re looking at the big picture.” Green said in an interview with the WWSU 106.9 f.m sports director Adam Campbell.
According to Green, the team will improve with the new system as the season progresses.
“I think it goes in kind of phases,” Green said. “We’re trying to learn and see the lay of the land, find things that have been done with the program in the past and things that we need to do better.”
Greene is teaching the teams’ players how to build trust and believe in improvement. The new coach already began this process over the summer term via phone calls with players.
Some of the Same
While a new head coach is a big change for the program, the team still has some of its big pieces returning.
Libero Jenna Story, who ranked first nationally in digs and second nationally in digs per set last season, will be returning for a final year as setter and all-around player Lainey Stephenson is a setter.
For Stephenson, WSU Volleyball has become a second family to her, and WSU’s athletics program is like no other.
“I know that no other college program is run the way ours is run,” Stephenson said. “When we say we’re a family, we truly are a family, we treat it like a family.”
WSU volleyball will be on the road for the first few weeks of their season, but will return to McLin Gymnasium for the Dayton Beavercreek Invitational for three straight home matches.
