UW-Platteville Dodgeball
Last season (Finished 13th Power Ranking, T9 Nationals)
Preseason Ranking 14th
Coached by Erik Zander (1st season)
Preview
Left side ready, right side ready, Dodgeball. These words haven’t been heard on the dodgeball court for what seems like forever. The long offseason is finally over. The University of Wisconsin-Platteville dodgeball is ready to show the NCDA that it is a contender this season. Platteville has many returning players from last year’s squad with a few new additions. Last year’s team was competitive at nationals giving MSU all it could handle. Our younger players were key contributors in that Michigan State match. The UWP dodgeball team is dealing with key losses of Erik, Tomas and Ian. Returning players will have to step up to replace their contributions. This team returns most of its core players and with the hopes of getting a solid freshman class this season. The sophomore class should continue to flourish with the rookie of the year Josh Zauche returning, with contributions from Eli Hundley, and Jared Colden. This team will need to jell as a unit and work on fundamentals. University of Wisconsin-Platteville Dodgeball team will need to figure out what the identity of team is. The home tournament will be on November 16th. More details on the home tourney will be released when they become available.
Board Members Preview
Jerome “JT” Warren
Vice President
- What
are your expectations for the season?
- My expectations are to be a better player than I was last year, and to beat the teams that don’t take us seriously.
- What
are your goals for the fall semester practices and tournaments?
- My goal for the fall semester is to develop the rookies and the new players we have, so we have many options available to us when the bigger tournaments come around.
- What
area does this team need to improve this season?
- What the team needs is more arms. We only have a select few people that we would consider elite throwers and we need a few more.
- What
do you want this team to be remembered for?
- I want to be remembered for giving it our all no matter how lopsided the odds may be against us.
Next onto the Assistant captain of the Jared Colden.
Jared Colden
Assistant Captain/Secretary
- What are your expectations for the season?
- One of my expectations is to improve from last season. We were a young team last year and lacked experience. We started out rough, but got better throughout. I feel like we did pretty well at Nationals and it left a goal for us to achieve this year. I expect us to continue where we left off and only get better from there while also growing together as a team.
- What are your goals for the fall semester practices and tournaments?
- One goal is to find out what kind of team we are this year. We lost some key players last year that had some good throws. Once we figure out what some of the new guys can do, we can begin to work that out. Another goal is to grow as a team and give our new guys a chance to gain some experience. And the last goal is to just have fun and make some friends along the way. You can’t go wrong there.
- What area does this team need to improve this season?
- Blocking and calling out cross throws. We had too many people get out from missed blocks and cross throws that no one called out. That hurt us in key situations because we were getting picked off one by one. I also think we could improve in everything else as well.
- What do you want this team to be remembered for?
- I want this team to be remembered for being the fun loving team who can be competitive on court, but are the chill guys off court.
Now onto the 2019-2020 Team Captain Daniel Brogli.
Daniel Brogli
Captain
- What are your expectations for the season?
- Final Four,
- What are your goals for the fall semester practices and
tournaments?
- Individuals’ improvement, developing awareness and strength
- What area does this team need to improve this season?
- To early to tell, but relying on individuals to carry team
- What do you want this team to be remembered
for?
- Having fun, being honest