(It's) not that we didn't think he could do it. He's just never been put in that position for us. And he never had that success before, even when we did have him in that position. It is a nice surprise, and it's a credit to him and his work ethic and his desire to become better.

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We have people come who have never seen men's volleyball with the power and the speed of the ball and etc., etc.. Then here comes this little guy out there playing like a chicken with his head cut off diving for balls and flopping all around.

We've talked about that three thing, but our kids are real confident. It works two ways with the potential final, but at the same time we have a lot of confidence going in.

What makes him such a good blocker is he's so intelligent. He understands the game probably better than anyone on our team. He's able to anticipate what the other team is going to do.

They'll tell you just the opposite.

Lewis is a young team, mostly freshmen. We know they're inexperienced, so we can't look past them. Loyola has five of their seven starters back. They're a good team, no question.