"I am very pleased by the amount of progress I have seen in this team," first-year head coach Heather Mazeitis said. "We have players jump-serving who have never done it and are doing it well. We have players playing backrow who have never done that either. Carly Payan had a fabulous day and is really coming into her own as an outside hitter for us."

Mazeitis was also pleased with the progression of Caroline Dufrene, who "had a good day and was attacking well out of the backrow as well as the right side." Incumbent setter Kendra Hall ran her new offense effectively, concluding the overall productive day.