Monday, October 17, 2005

When a team starts the season off strong and promising and then begins to falter in the middle, all they need to do is pick their head up, pick up the intensity and refocus. This is exactly what the JMU women’s volleyball team learned Saturday night against new Colonial Athletic Association conference rival, Northeastern University.

By the time the paramedics arrived, a physical game had already turned ugly.

Last season’s Division I-AA championship run was made possible by a senior-studded defensive unit. This year, the defensive line underwent some changes with new starters and a new build.

It’s OK. I didn’t really want to watch the JMU/UMass game anyway. I didn’t know it at the time, but in retrospect, watching Chuck Norris and Christie Brinkley slide up and down on the Total Gym was much better than seeing JMU lose on a field goal by some Albanian guy with a name I choose not to attempt to spell.