You can only surprise teams when you feel you are not supposed to or cannot defeat teams. And we expect to compete and win.

She has a nose for the ball and an amazing volleyball IQ. She will need to work hard in the preseason, but we expect for her to be among the group of freshmen to make an immediate impact.

I'm cautiously optimistic. I think we can make a little bit of noise in the conference this year.

Miss Searle had always considered boredom an intellectual defeat

It was a very hard defeat to swallow.

It's now about how we react to the defeat in our cup-tie on Saturday and then the three or four league matches after that. They will go a long way to deciding our top-six aspirations.