Jay Mergenthaler
Jay Mergenthaler
against coached competition country dad experience good grade junior played playing school since sister top volleyball
I was always around volleyball since I was very young because my sister played in grade school and my dad coached her. I started while I was young and I got a lot of good experience playing against top competition from all around the country at the Junior Olympics.
expected surprise
There's not much expected of us this year, but I think we'll surprise people.
ball control defense good team
This is the most inexperienced team we've had. We're not very big, so ball control and good defense will be our strengths.
adrenaline biggest certain enjoy fun glory hitting rush setting strength
I've always wanted to do more hitting because there's a certain rush of adrenaline you get when you put one down. I'd say that hitting is more fun and you get more glory doing it. But setting is my biggest strength and it's more important, so I enjoy doing both.
couple finish goals main tournament win
Our main goals are to finish over .500 and to win a couple of tournament games.