Rob tackles Ferris Volleyball, Soccer, and Football with interviews from coach Tia Brandel-Wilhelm, Greg Henson, and Grant Caserta. They will go in depth on their recently completed matches and victories as well as analyze their teams and what the future brings.
Volleyball Extends Streak
Host Rob Bentley first sits down with volleyball head coach Tia Brandel-Wilhelm to talk about
the team’s past wins and upcoming games. The team is currently undefeated at 24-0 and ranked
#1 in the nation, with fans bringing incredible energy to every home game. Tia mentions how
much the crowd’s support has helped the team stay strong this season. On Friday, Ferris had a
close match against Wayne State University. They took the first set, but Wayne came back to win
the second. Ferris fought hard and won a tight third set, then cruised through the fourth set for
the win.
On Saturday, they went up against #12-ranked Grand Valley and swept them 3-0. This
weekend, Ferris has two more home games, facing Northern Michigan on Friday and Michigan
Tech on Saturday. Both teams are tough competitors, so Ferris will need to work hard to keep
their winning streak going. In record-breaking news, Senior Setter Kaylee Maat sets two Ferris
all-time records, reaching 5,320 assists and 230 career aces!
Soccer Split
Our host sits down with Ferris Soccer Head Coach Greg Henson on the games they played over the weekend and how they are going to secure a home field advantage in the playoffs. First the coach talks about Ferris’ game at SVSU. Greg mentions how Ferris did very well in the first half but in the second half SVSU came back strong with the Final Score being 1-4 in favor of SVSU.
But on Sundays game against Roosevelt, Ferris scored a their first goal in the first 30 seconds, then went on to score 6 more throughout the game. Greg mentions how most of those goals were scored by players who hadn’t scored a goal yet in this season or even in their college career. Ferris took the win in that game, 7-0.
To wrap up Greg talks about their plan for the upcoming games this week and how they are going to keep the ball rolling. Ferris will be playing Wisconsin-Parkside on November 7th, and on November 9th they will play Purdue Northwest to wrap up the regular season.
Football Shakes Northern
Rob is joined by the assistant coach of the football team, Grant Caserta. They talk about how nice it will be with the last two games of the season being at home after being away for the last few games. The team just got back from Northern Michigan University as they played in the Superior Dome, and Caserta mentions how traveling there is always a good experience as the atmosphere is great and it’s nice to see the reactions of the players who have never seen the Dome. Caserta and Bentley focus on the highlights from that game but also touch on the things that went well. They had a defensive touchdown at the beginning of the game that got the Bulldogs rolling. At halftime, it was 27-2 and by the end, the final score was 55-9 with the Bulldogs on top.
This upcoming weekend the Bulldogs host Saginaw Valley State University, and then the next weekend to end the regular season they host Davenport. Caserta mentions how both teams are good but they are taking it a week at a time, focusing first on their game against SVSU.
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