Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
The Wright State volleyball team went to Oakland on Saturday with two objectives, only one of which it could control.
After beating the Grizzlies to clinch at least a share of the Horizon League title at 13-3, the Raiders had to wait for the match between Green Bay (12-3) and Milwaukee (11-4) to finish to see if they’d host the conference tournament as the No. 1 seed.
Since Green Bay had the edge in tie-breakers and would be the top seed with a win, second-year coach Allie Matters and her players were rooting for Milwaukee while following the developments on their phones during a stop to eat at a mall just outside of Oakland.
Milwaukee was up 2-1 before dropping the fourth set and then falling behind in the fifth.
“The team was getting a little bummed, really wanting to host. Then all of a sudden, it was, ‘It’s tied up!’ Then Milwaukee pulled it out. And as soon as they won, we were going crazy,” Matters said.
“We were all in a big huddle and jumping up and down, and mall security said, ‘Uh, you guys have to get out of here.’”
