How was your October? If you had to think, likely it was better than the one experienced/endured by the Illinois State volleyball team.
The Redbirds were 4-3 in a month filled with injury and illness.
"We call them the October Blues," ISU coach Leah Johnson said Tuesday. "October was hard on us."
A few hours after Johnson met the media at a lunchtime news conference, music was blaring in Horton Field House's North Gym.
Volleyballs were flying, players skying and "Pawfficer" Sage, the ISU Police Department's community engagement dog, was working the room and winning hearts.