WolfPack women’s volleyball take step back to get better
KAMLOOPS — It’s been a tough start to the season for the WolfPack. Shutout 3-0 in their last three matches, and with just one win six games into the season.
“It’s just been being able to put forth the same consistent — I’m not going to say effort, but follow the game plan, stick with it,” says coach Chad Grimm. “We don’t have a lot of terminators on the team, so we have to get into these long rallies where you have to be good at doing your job all the time. That’s been tough for us to do all the time on back-to-back nights every weekend.”
The WolfPack have shown steady improvement since Grimm took over as head coach, now in his fifth season.
But a team on the move, they may have to take a step back in re-loading this season, for a number of reasons. They’re young. No fifth years, six players fresh out of high school. They’ve lost 80 per cent of their offence from last season. Including Yevgeniya Nyukhalova — the Canada West leader in kills last season — who is on medical red shirt maternity leave this season. It means creating a whole new dynamic.