Hopefully the trip will yield some big returns next semester. We will swim against three very good teams. We are investing an awful lot into this trip, so we hope is it works out for us.

We jumped early twice and that cost us at least 24 points or more. I will take full responsibility. The guys were too anxious on the block. It's frustrating and a major let down for us - but again it was a coaching mistake.

Oakland is a very good team. Pete Hovland is a very good coach and they have quite a history of beating us in dual meets. Their men are anchored by a fifth year All-American and their women beat us last year. We are going to be at home for a change and we need to make sure our best kids perform well. It should be an exciting meet and we anticipate a good crowd.

It'll be tough, it's always been a blowout. Hopefully this will be our best showing against them. We're senior heavy and a lot are stepping up.

It's too early to say whether this will start a trend that will break down some of these windows.

Nobody will be homeless here, that's for sure.