Matavao, a former basketball standout for Brigham Young-Hawaii, took over the program this spring after Tricia Nielsen resigned after three seasons. Nielsen preferred a defensive approach. We have to remember when things don't go our way, not to fall away from the system. We have to stay with what will help us in the long run. Farmer averaged 1.59 kills and 2.28 digs a game for MSU-B last season, while Tomsich averaged 2.11 kills and was fourth on the team for blocks with 34.
Farmer is the team's lone senior.
Harris was among team leaders for blocks with 42 and averaged 1.42 kills a game. And she's stepping up and taking that challenge. Hopes led the teams in kills last week at the Fort Lewis Tournament in Colorado. Sophomore Krissy Janney is the team's setter, along with Mandi Taylor. Janney averaged 2.56 assists and 1.62 digs a game last year in a backup role.