Strib: Gophers excited for second year with Cook

[Ignatius L Hoops]

Gophers volleyball players from old regime excited for bounceback second year with Keegan Cook

Fifth-year setter Melani Shaffmaster and others recruited by the previous coaching staff are ready to take the next step under second-year coach Keegan Cook.

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Melani Shaffmaster was reminded just how long she's been with the program Friday, when she glanced at teammates walking by during Gophers volleyball media day.

The fifth-year senior setter is the last player left who played on the Elite Eight team in 2021.

Shaffmaster is also among a handful of players remaining who played meaningful sets on a Sweet 16 team in former Gophers coach Hugh McCutcheon's final season in 2022.

The Gophers made a late run in coach Keegan Cook's first season in Minnesota, with 10 wins in the last 14 matches to finish 17-13 and make the NCAA tournament second round last year. They will open a new season Sept. 1-2 at the Volleyball Showcase vs. Stanford and Texas at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee

 

[Gopher68]

Gophers volleyball players from old regime excited for bounceback second year with Keegan Cook

Fifth-year setter Melani Shaffmaster and others recruited by the previous coaching staff are ready to take the next step under second-year coach Keegan Cook.

www.startribune.com

This sounds like a team where all the players are on the same page.