Beth Launiere Quotations

I am excited to have Burt join the Utah volleyball staff. Our team has high goals in the Mountain West Conference and the nation, and the quality of my coaching staff needs to reflect these goals. I have a tremendous amount of respect for Burt's achievements at Utah State over the last five years and his experience, success and expertise at this level were the reasons I pursued him for the position.

I think that was our best match yet this season. Other than game two, we played a complete match. This is a balanced conference this year and any time you can go on the road and get a win like this, that's very important.

Our schedule has us playing some Top 25 teams this season. This schedule is a better situation for our team. It's strong enough to get some national-level matches and it still gives us the chance to get some wins against some of the top programs out there.

Natalie is a junior that has worked hard and developed in the program for two years. She had a solid spring and is ready to jump in when needed.

We don't have a proven go-to middle yet. However, we have good middles. It's just that we don't know who's going to step up and take ownership of the position.

We served very aggressively the whole tournament. We won the serve/pass battle every match. We served better and tougher and more aggressively than everybody we played.

We've had some tough losses in the last couple of weeks. We just decided to go into this tournament and play as a team. We've been on and off in playing together because we don't have the years of trust built up. You get into pressure situations, and it's hard to have that trust level. We said we had to have it and everyone committed to it.

Danielle is so consistent. The tandem of Shelly and Danielle are an important part of our offense. They compliment each other very well.

This is a very big accomplishment. It's going to be an invaluable experience for her to play with top athletes from across the country. Playing high-level volleyball like this will keep her on track for the goals she has set for herself both collegially and nationally.

Shelly is one of the top three outside hitters in the conference and is one of the premiere hitters in the country. She is going to have a tremendous amount of offensive responsibility this year.

Heather is one of the up-and-coming coaches in our profession. I loved her competitiveness as a player and am excited to have her on the Utah volleyball staff.