Tonight was nothing but ugly. Watching the streaming feed, I saw virtually no heart out of the girls tonight. If I was Ryan, I would have had them back out on the floor after the game was over.

Didn't see the match (fortunately), but stats indicated team had only 4 blocks, one of their strengths.

WMU is a strong team, and, like us, are very young, so they will be a challenge for some time. BG's win over the only weak team in the West (Toledo) kept the East from losing all matches. Could be a West sweep tonight if OHIO doesn't get it done against the top team, NIU.

Can't say that I disagree with you.  I do think some other teams in the MAC have been stepping it up.  What I'd really like to see is teams taking on more ambitious pre-conference schedules to build some national credibility for the MAC.  BUGS, for example, started out 12-0 this season -- but there were few impressive W's (Michigan State was the only W over a major conference team).  Look at how they've done so far and tell me how well the cupcakes have paid off.