Like he had never been away.

We kept going back-and-forth between dominating and faltering -- but there were many more good plays than bad.

We finally adjusted and set off the net much better in the third and fourth games. We only made seven serving errors in the match (80-for-87), but they all seemed to come on critical points.

We've lost a key defensive player and right now we don't know how long Pat will be out. He'll be tough to replace.

The defensive percentage was much higher and that improved consistency is encouraging.

The last two were much closer than they should have been,