That's the best I've ever seen Jake play. He had a guardian angel helping him tonight. In fact, the whole team was playing with a cause. Everybody wanted to win for Jake, and everything seemed to click.

We certainly didn't play our best, but there were some bright spots. We are breaking in a new setter and things went pretty well in that area.

We got to the tournament a little later than we normally do and the kids had to warm up real fast.

Not having Rob in those matches made me realize just how valuable he is as a hitter. I prefer using a 6-2 offense, so moving Chris to setter gives us the flexibility to have Rob exclusively as a hitter.

Chris has good hands and did very well setting during practice, so we decided to give him a chance. It will take time for Chris to get adjusted to his new role, but I'm sure he'll do a fine job.

We finished second in the section last year and our only two losses were to Baldwin. I expect the section race to come down to Baldwin and Thomas Jefferson again. Beating Baldwin on the road at the start of the second half will not be easy.