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MCCOLLUM'S COLUMN: Plenty of spunk in UCA volleyball

To pull off a major victory Tuesday, the University of Central Arkansas volleyball team had to be as energetic and scrambling as Cooper, the two-year-old son of Athletic Director Brad Teague.

While trying to watch the matchup between UCA and Arkansas-Little Rock, Teague often had to give chase to Cooper, who was scooting about the arena and was almost in the Sugar Bear huddle a couple of occasions.

There was one key juncture in the fourth game in which the team exchanged digs, dives, shots and volleys at least 10 times. During the volleying, at least six UCA players were diving, lunging and sliding across the floor on various spurts. The Sugar Bears doggedly won the point after a diving rescue from out of bounds. When they wiped the floor after the scurrying, officials and players had to use a couple of towels and cover a lot of space. The moisture reflected the heat of competition...

although I liked the article, and I am not criticizing, I am surprised he didn't mention that ASU is in the same tournament, only they aren't playing the bears

Yes, I noticed where every team played 4 games except for UCA and ASU. I wonder why they can't play each other when both teams will be in the same gym on the same day?

re: Last years results.

The word I have gotten from a couple of people is that ASU coaches were basically told, you can play UCA but if you lose then your job is in jeopardy....hence their disappearance from most of our sports schedules

It is hearsay, and rumor, and all that....but it makes sense and when ya hear it more than once....shrug...if that isn't it I would love to know why

maybe McRoberts refuses to play teams with abusive and hostile nicknames. He's about 61 percent Quapaw, you know.

McRoberts in the Quapaw language means the Roaring Bear.