Women’s Volleyball: Buckeyes Prepare to Open Season with Scarlet and Gray Match Wednesday in St. John Arena – Ohio State Buckeyes
8/25/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
COLUMBUS, Ohio The Ohio State women’s volleyball team will have an intraaquad match at 7 p.m. Wednesday in St. John Arena in preparation for the season-opening matches at the Sports Imports Classic Friday. The Scarlet and Gray match Wednesday is free to the public.
“It essentially is a mock game and will serve mainly as a dry run for us,” Geoff Carlston head coach said. “We will go through all of our pre-game rituals from the team meal, the warm-ups and the locker room chats. We want to make it as real as possible so the team gets an idea of how the entire season will go.”
The Buckeyes are in their final week of practice leading up to the Sports Imports Classic this weekend.
“Things are coming along well,” Carlston said. “They have grown a lot as a team and things are looking good. We have come a long way since August 9, but there is still a lot of room for improvement. The team is working very hard, playing together nicely and building great team dynamics.”
Ohio State will open the 2008 season hosting the Sports Imports Classic Friday and Saturday. The Buckeyes open the Classic at 11 a.m. Friday vs. Toledo and close out the first day of play against Xavier at 7:30 p.m. Ohio State will play Youngstown State Saturday at 6 p.m. following the Ohio State Youngstown State football game at noon.
“This will be a good first tournament for us, especially since it’s at home,” Carlston said. “The team is tired of playing each other so we are all excited to see an actual opponent. We have three very different teams coming in and this will be a great learning experience for the team on how to shift gears and be competitive against different opponents. It will be good preparation and will lay down foundations for us for the upcoming Big Ten season.”
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