Hey Flame Fans,

We finally got some wins this weekend, which was a long time coming. Playing at York was a good experience. They had an extremely loud and rowdy crowd. It was a big step for us to block out that noise and simply just play ball. It was a fun atmosphere to play in and we hope we get more chances to play in that type of noise. Buena Vista was the complete opposite. They had a much quieter gym so we had to find it in ourselves to create the noise. It was a close four games but we ended up on top. Now that we have the taste of victory fresh in our minds we hope to build off that even more. The season is not over yet and there is still plenty of room for improvement.

As the great Napoleon once said, “Victory belongs to the most persevering!”

Come support us tomorrow night as we take on Briar Cliff at home!!!

Thanks for everything!!!!

2009 FLAMES

*~Hola Flame Fanatics~*

The last week didn’t go as we had originally planned. We had to admit defeat to opponents that didn’t deserve it. As a team we are finding out the hard way that people won’t just hand us the game, we have to earn it for ourselves. After a late night and a long and rigorous practice our internal fire is burning and we are all itching for a WIN!!! Only York and Buena Vista stand in our way this weekend and we are not going down without a fight. Although they have home court advantage we plan to go in with our torches raised and leave scorch marks when we are done. Our fire is not yet out, we have refueled it and are hoping to prove this weekend that we are burning as bright as ever.

Come check us out at York at 7:00pm Friday night!!

Thanks for all the support,

Your CSM Flames

Work in Progress

Hey Flame Chasers,

This past weekend we ventured out to Hastings, NE for another tournament weekend. Like most of our games so far this weekend acted as a good learning experience for coaches and players alike. We are beginning to come together more as a team and are starting to demonstrate the raw talents that we all have been given. Although we only came out 2-2 this weekend we showed promising efforts to our fans. We can only hope with a little more time in the gym and a great deal of heart and confidence we will turn our season around and start playing like the stars we know we are!!!!

Thanks for all of your support. It is greatly appreciated.

2009 CSM Flames

Hey Flamer Fans

We started our first home game off with a victory! We played a local omaha team, brining a good crowd. Grace University gave us our run for our money, that we werent prepared for. Our first set. We came out flat and not ready to play our game. Loosing the first set was not good and we knew we had to pick it up from there. Doing so we dominated the next three sets not letting up our game. We learned as a team to not slope to lower levels and keep playing our fast past games. It was nice to finish the game not letting down and pushing all the way to 25.

Thanks for all the Support!
Go Flames!

CSM CLASSIC

Hey Fans,
This weekend the Flames hosted the CSM Holiday Inn Classic. We first defeated Concordia in a grueling 5 sets. It was a great comeback and overall win for the team. We had our second chance to beat them and we took advantage and came out on top.
Second we met Morningside. We lost to them in 3 very close sets. We managed to stick with them, but just couldn't quite pull out the win.
Next, we played Hastings College. We managed to take a set from them, but again fell short, losing in 4 intense sets. We stuck with them as well, and definitely put up a good fight, but we just couldn't quite keep that edge and come out with the win.
Finally, we went face to face with Northwestern. We unfortunately lost to them in 3 sets, but the same as with Morningside and Hastings, we did give them a good match and competed very hard.
Overall, the weekend went well. We may not have come out with all wins, but we grew a lot as a team and learned a lot about each other as well as ourselves as individuals. We played 4 very good teams and we competed with each and every one of them. If we can keep up this level of play, we will be very successful in our games to come.

Thanks for all the support!!!!!!!! Keep it up. We really appreciate it!