Before the 2020 season started, San Marcos head coach Jared Te’o asked his team what they wanted to be known for. The Lady Rattlers responded “feisty.”
In seasons past, teams believed when they walked into the Snake Pit that it would be an easy win. This year, San Marcos (0-1) isn’t going to let anyone think that. Even though the Lady Rattlers lost 3-1 (25-23, 25-15, 25-22, 26-24) they made sure Pflugerville Hendrickson (1-0) knew it would have to grind out hard-fought sets to beat the hosts.
“(When we went down 2-0), I was like ‘OK, I didn’t make that goal for you. You did,’” Te’o said. “So I kind of put the accountability back on them and said ‘You wanted to be a certain way. I can’t make you be feisty. I can give you gameplans, I can give you X’s and O’s.’ And I think that helped.”
