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2016 Sun Belt Conference Volleyball Championship
Arlington, Texas -- College Park Center
Nov. 18, 2016
South Alabama vs. Texas State
Post-Game Quotes

Texas State Head Coach Karen Chisum

Opening statement ...
"Extremely pleased to go to the next round. It may not be exactly like we had it down on paper. Not the prettiest match but again when you get in these situations, the first round match is always the hardest of all. The pressure is on there. You win that first match, get the butterflies out and move on and hopefully we will be better. I have not doubt. There are two of my kids that played great today, Jaliyah Bolden and I would tell you that we were all disappointed that she was not all conference. So fortunately she was able to step up and show what she could do. Lauren Kirch had a very good game. We struggled a little bit. We jumped out in front of South Alabama in all three games but we did not hold that. We let them get back in the game. But we were fortunate to hold and and move on to see Coastal or Georgia Southern."

On positives of the match and building off it in the second round ...
"You are right, but you know coaches are never satisfied. You are right. When we go into the locker room and I talk to them, we will talk about what we need to clean up, because we have to be a lot better tomorrow then what we were today, no matter who we play. But we are going to pat them on their back and tell them how special they are and what a great job they did today and how they are representing Texas State University. And we'll be moving on.

On junior Erin Hoppe's performance ...
"(Erin) was a C+ or B-. I thought we passed pretty well. And of course early on we struggled serving. But first game. We got back, we settled down. Erin made some very good decisions. One thing we were disappointed in was hitter coverage. Kelsey (Weynand) and Shelby (Vas Matt) had some good swings but they were blocked. We had three people, semi-circle ready to play it and we didn't touch it. But things we know what to do and things we can get better at. But that is our job to get them prepared for tomorrow."

On a second-round matchup vs. Coastal or Georgia Southern ...
"One of them is going to win and we are going to play one of them. It has been so long since we've seen Coastal. It was the very second match of the season, or third match of the season. We'll watch film. You know this, but we don't look ahead. We haven't looked at video of Coastal. It has been all about USA. So this evening, now after this match, we will go back to the hotel and look at what they are doing, what we have to do against them and hopefully get a good gameplan and be able to execute it."

South Alabama Head Coach Amy Hendrichovsky

Opening statement …
"I would say overall it wasn't our best effort. I know we are a better team than we showed tonight. But Texas State is a good team and it was there day today. I wish them luck moving forward."

On the impact of the underclassmen on the program …
"We had four incredible seniors so that is the hard part tonight. But we did have a lot of newcomers on the court and I think they helped us do some really good things for the program this year. We broke a lot of records for South Alabama volleyball and I'm real happy that the seniors were able to do that for us this year."

On how much the seniors have meant to the program …
"I took over about five years ago and we really had to change the culture. For example, this is the first winning season South Alabama has had for a little bit. These girls really helped with the buy in and the discipline over the course of the last few years and we have just developed a really strong culture. We have a very high character, high value group of girls in that locker room and I'm looking forward to seeing what we can do next year."