Ahead of the American Athletic Conference (AAC) Tournament, fifth-year setter Izzi Strand said each player on the Wichita State volleyball team wrote three things on a piece of paper that “pissed us off, or disappointed us, or anything that was negative.” They then proceeded to burn away their frustrations.
“It got us to release anything pent up and move on from what our (regular) was,” Strand said. “We needed to really just move on and let it go and focus on what was in front of us — and that’s exactly what we did.”
The tactic paid off, as the fourth-seeded Shockers swept the top-seeded University of South Florida (USF) on Saturday afternoon (25-21), (26-24), (25-22).