As Bakeer Ganesharatnam and his coaching staff discussed strategy separate from the players before the start of the pivotal fifth set against Memphis, senior outside hitter Tyler Davis knelt beside the Owls’ bench to address the team.
“I was like, ‘No matter what happened in the past four games this is the only set that matters,’” Davis said she told the team before the final set. “‘This is one game to 15, like we need to pull together and work hard because if we pull apart as teammates, we’re not going to do it. Like we need every single person to do it.