fresh set of freshmen Harding women's volleyball team gained eight new freshmen. 238 The 2 019 Harding women's volleyball team welcomed eight freshmen to their team. With these additions and no seniors, the team composition looked different than in previous seasons. Head Volleyball Coach Meredith Fear said at the beginning of the season she thought they would never introduce as so many new players again, but in retrospect, she said she thought she might. "At the beginning of the season, that was just a feeling that was really heavy and overwhelming, but then as the season went on, and we hit our stride, I think we would do it again," Fear said. "The growth I've seen in them and the experience, they are getting to carry that on for three or four more years, so it is really exciting." Fear said the team was fun because of the women's work ethic on and off the court. Freshman middle blocker Libby Hinton said the team made an effort to avoid isolating themselves into two separate teams of freshmen versus everyone else but instead bonded together. "We've done a really good job of just making sure the freshmen and everyone else will always do stuff together on and off the court," Hinton said. "Sometimes it doesn't even feel like we are all freshmen because they have made us feel so welcome."
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