I wouldn't say that we played our best volleyball. What's neat is we figured out a way to compete and get it in.
I think everybody played well. We had a couple of moments when we made mistakes we wouldn't have liked to have made. But we distributed the ball well, the outside hitters hit respectably, we blocked some balls and played some good team defense. We stayed pretty focused, I thought.
We played in the moment all night long. That was the key. We didn't play worrying about whether we were winning or losing. I'm pretty sure that's the way to do it.
We didn't start off so good, but then we got on our game, and we played well in Games 2 and 3.
Bender coming in was a huge lift for the team. He played well and helped us get going.