Virginia Adriano

So a lot of familiarity there for Hunter, and she was able to get in there and make a big impact.

Came off the bench with Virginia Adriano struggling, and... nebraska was down in the third set uh as well uh when she came in and she she missed her first swing to make it uh 12-8 north carolina and called a timeout regrouped went back out there uh big rip next time got the kill ended up the 4-0 run she had two kills harper had two kills and then they just went on and uh kind of controlled the match the rest of the way but She had, after that first error, six kills on six swings the rest of the way.

So it was cool to see her not only just have that moment, but against that team, against those players, just kind of made for a great storyline coming out of that match.

Yeah, and Harper-Murray said it afterwards too in the post-game press conference that Ryan Hunter was a spark and the reason that they won that four set match.

It's not obvious, which I also like.

But I would also kinda wanna add Virginia Adriano, because if they can get her going, and she can have more of a role and impact, I think that opens things up a lot more too.

And seeing her in person, girl puts no spin on that ball [laughs] when she hits.

That is a scud missile coming at you heavy.

Well, I think I know where this is going, but-

Naomi Glover or Virginia Adriano.

Ah.

Glover.

Well, the Puerto Rican girl, I think she's currently 16 going on 17, so she doesn't have any eligibility issues.

I mean, you see a lot more European players like Virginia Adriano.

I know Wisconsin has a new European, Libero, as well, too.

So they're tapping into that, too.

They're going to be affected more by that 21.

They're starting at the age of 19.

So if Virginia Adriano was 19 when she came over, she's not getting an extra year of eligibility.

She came over with three.

Choboy went in there and changed that second set with her serving run.

And the interesting thing there, too, is it's another decision that Buster McCulley has to make where is she serving or is Virginia Adriano serving and Adriano we know it's kind of high risk high reward type of serving and sometimes like she started that first set was serving and then Choboy came in the second set and had two terrific 6-0 and then 4-0 serving run so I think no matter what it is it's going to probably come down to how they perform that spot more than any other And we've seen, I guess, Olivia Malk must have had a great offseason with everything she's done and kind of what she brings to the table.

I will say, she's played really well.

It's interesting.

And we've seen that with Jackson in particular.

And then kind of small things.

We did see Virginia Adriano is kind of off to an up and down start to the season, especially considering like the spring we saw her have.

And we've seen Danny turn to Ryan Hunter in one of the matches.