A team's season isn't defined by how it handles success, but rather how it reacts when faced with adversity.
On Oct. 20, after being swept for the second-consecutive time and losing four straight matches, including seven of its last eight, Central Michigan volleyball had a choice to make.
The team could either go through the motions and let its season crumble, or give every ounce it had to dig itself out of the bottom tier of the Mid-American Conference at 2-7.
At this point, many people had written off the Chippewas' chances for a MAC run.