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Iowa Volleyball Schedule Announced at Big Ten Volleyball Media Days

Iowa Volleyball Schedule 2023, Delaney McSweeney and Bailey Ortega Player Comments and Coach Jim Barnes Quotes from the Big Ten Media Days.


The Iowa volleyball schedule,

  • on new coach Jim Barnes
  • on the transfer portal effect
  • the freshman impact on the team
  • the Iowa volleyball schedule
  • what the Iowa program means to players

are topics discussed by Iowa Jen Flynn Oldenburg, Emily Londot and Rylee Rader during the second annual Big Ten Volleyball Media Day event on August 4-5, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois at the Big Ten Network.




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Iowa Volleyball Schedule 2023, Delaney McSweeney and Bailey Ortega Player Comments and Coach Jim Barnes Quotes from the Big Ten Media Day



Delaney McSweeney and Bailey Ortega Player Comments and Coach Jim Barnes Quotes about the Iowa Volleyball Schedule 2023 on new coach Jim Barnes


Q. Obviously heading into your second year as a coach, you're going to want to build on what was done in the first year and kind of the foundation. What are some of the expectations? And for both the players, as well, what has it been like seeing how things have changed and developed in this second year as you now get the ropes of what's going on with the program?

JIM BARNES: (Audio interruption.) We do have nine returners and nine newcomers, so we're still developing obviously our staff and our roster, but our goal is to be the best team we can be every day, not just on game day but every day on and off the court, and how we treat each other and how we work decides the outcome.

We're making sure we control the things we can control and working and having that diligent discipline every day because discipline is rare. Talent you can find a lot of different places, but true team discipline is something that's rare. And this team has that ability to be exceptionally disciplined and play for one another, and I think that's going to be our strength.



Q. This time last year we were talking about you making your debut in the Big Ten and knowing what you were stepping into, and especially in Iowa, right in the heart of it. What were your takeaways from your first season, the most wins since 2016, and how you're going to build?

JIM BARNES: It was a blast. The Iowa fans are incredible. They love the school like no other. I love their support. Even when we lost matches, they came back and more fans were in the stadium the next day just because they loved how hard we played.

The league is the best. It's the top of the mountain. If you're coaching, this is where you want to be, and you want to be the best players around us.

And that's what we've been able to do is bring in some of the best players in the country, and we're going to represent Iowa from beginning to end, controlling the things that we can control.

It's a unique environment that I'm just really proud to be a part of it.

Delaney McSweeney and Bailey Ortega Player Comments and Coach Jim Barnes Quotes about the Iowa Volleyball Schedule 2023 and the transfer portal effect

Q. Jim, we've seen the transfer portal evolve. You've seen players both leave and then you got new players to Iowa, too. How do you approach the portal and use it as an asset for program building?

JIM BARNES: We've been able to use it as an asset. It's not my favorite, but it is something that really has benefitted our program. Delaney is right here because of it.

I kept Bailey from going in there when I got there. She had one foot in the portal. We talked about representing Iowa, and they've been all in ever since.

The portal, there's good and bad to it. We're using it to help build our program. Ultimately we want players that are 100 percent all in for our program.

We've looked everywhere to do that because you've got to get the right players in, and I feel like we already have in just two years.

You're going to see a team that really plays hard for one another and plays to the end. That's what happened last year, we played to the end through every match and we had chances, and we got it done in our last two matches of five-setters.

But the game teaches the game better than coaches do. We've played a lot, we've learned a lot through the game. And that's how we practice, too. Our practices are full of competition and full of learning through the game.

So I think we've really accelerated our learning in two short years.


Q. Bailey, he mentioned you had one foot in the portal. What convinced you that Iowa was the place you wanted to continue your career?

BAILEY ORTEGA: Yeah, so when I had initially entered portal, it was more so for a plan B. I wasn't sure what the future held since we hadn't had a coach at the time. And when Jim got hired, we had multiple conversations right away, and I just loved the direction he was taking the program, his history as a head coach, and I just loved everything that he had to say to me. He was convincing. He's amazing. That's the reason I'm still here.

Yeah, I wouldn't trade it for the world. I think I've learned so much underneath him, and I'm excited to learn more this season.


Delaney McSweeney and Bailey Ortega Player Comments and Coach Jim Barnes Quotes about the Iowa Volleyball Schedule 2023 and what making Iowa a national contender means

Q. Bailey, you mentioned making Iowa volleyball a power. You got to see what a national power is like on your campus this spring watching the basketball team. Bailey and Delaney, what was it like to watch that run they had to the title game, and what can you take from that to apply to your sport?

BAILEY ORTEGA: I really, really love our women's basketball team for the people they are, aside from how amazing they are. I grew up watching basketball, playing basketball, so I of course loved that aspect.

But again, I love the way that they play for each other. I've gotten the opportunity to sit in on a couple of their practices. Since I want to be a coach, I've kind of sat in with Bluder, Jan, Raina, all of their amazing staff they have.

And, again, I love the way they play for each other. They're all best friends, and they all really enjoy being around each other. So I think that's something we can continue to implement and that I think we do have in our gym.

DELANEY McSWEENEY: Yeah, going off of that, I think it's really inspiring because just people never heard of Iowa women's basketball until a couple years ago. It blew up this year. It just shows how much you can do in a year or two years.

And I think that's something that can be really inspiring to our team and other teams that are similar to us. It's just how much can change in a year when you have the right determination and when you want to work hard for each other and be happy doing it.


Delaney McSweeney and Bailey Ortega Player Comments and Coach Jim Barnes Quotes about the Iowa Volleyball Schedule 2023 and what the takeaway is from last season


Q. You played a lot of long sets last year, a lot of long matches, pushed a couple of the top teams to five sets and then got over the hump with those last two games in the conference. Do you feel like there's anything you can take away from the last two that you've figured out that you can carry over into this year to help turn some of those long matches that were losses into wins?

BAILEY ORTEGA: I think for me the thing I noticed the most in the last two matches especially against Michigan is the way we played for each other. I think it's one thing for us to say it and for us to try to do it in practice, but it was really shown. And then that obviously showed in our play and showed in us getting the win.

I think that it can be tough when you're in the fifth set. Everyone is tired, you're playing a team that they didn't even think you'd be in the fifth set against, and I think that us being able to really play for each other and focus on everyone but ourselves in that moment was what really got us those wins.

I think, again, us returners carrying that and implementing that into this team this year will be really, really important for us.


Q. How do the two of you approach year two under Coach Barnes and building on the relationship you've started to build with him?

BAILEY ORTEGA: I think that Jim is keeping a lot of the same ideas in terms of how hard we want to play, how disciplined we want to be as a team and our team connection.

I think just Delaney and I and all of us returners really building on the confidence we have within each other and building confidence with the newcomers, since it is split half and half, and I think combining the confidence of both of those sections of our team I think will really show that we are in a great year two with Jim and that things are going to be better and that they will continue to be better as Iowa volleyball grows to be a power in the Big Ten.


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