The Bogota Lady Bucs Volleyball team lost their opening season tournament to Immaculate Heart Academy. Since then they have gone undefeated in league play, as well as sweeping to a a victory in the Northern Valley Tournament over the weekend. Bogota Blog NJ had a chance to the Girls Volleyball coach Brad DiRupo for thoughts on the young season.
Coach DiRupo is the Athletic Director at Bogota High School. He also coaches the Girls Softball team in the Spring. Coach DiRupo started to coach the Girls Volleyball team in 2007, and going in this season the Lady Bucs have a record of 65-14-0. Always a strong contender in Volleyball the Lady Bucs under Coach DiRupo have won 3 of the 4 school's North 1 Group 1 titles. This includes their back to back championship for the 2010 & 2011 season.
The Lady Bucs next game is this Wed. 19-Sept.in Speary gym against IHA starting at 4:30p
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- Do you feel the team had any extra motivation in the run-up to this tournament after losing to IHA at the beginning of the season?
Coach DiRupo
We played very well on Saturday and actually played well all week. The players were not happy with their performance in losing in the Paramus Tour. finals. So they really focused on our mistakes which led to our Northern Valley Championship.
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- Does the fact they did play in a tournament keep the team from looking ahead to IHA, and stay focus on playing one team at a time?
Coach DiRupo
We don’t ever look ahead. Our job is to be the best player we can be whether in practice, tournament, or a match. We take it one day at a time.
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- What can you do to keep the team from getting too tired from having to play on three straight days?
Coach DiRupo
We do a lot of physical conditioning so playing three in a row does not bother us.
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- What is the best thing thing you see in your team at the start of the season?
Coach DiRupo
Happy with the team at this point.
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- Is there any thing the the team needs to improve on as the season moves along?
Coach DiRupo
As long as we continue to grow as a team we will have a shot to achieve our team goals.
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