What you need to know:
* Today’s sand session interview is with Maddie Gordon, a freshman from Fort Worth, Texas.
* Check in this Thursday for the next Sand Session as the team continues to prepare for the 2017 season.
* Head coach Beth Van Fleet and the Panthers travel to St. Augustine, Fla. to take on UNCW in the season opener on March 4th. First serve is set for 10:30 a.m.
Tell me about your hometown.
Gordon: I grew up in Fort Worth, Texas on Eagle Mountain Lake.