This season the Lady Cajuns have depth to compete
Amy Kraljev knows all about coaching constraints.
The UL volleyball coach might as well have spent the 2006 season lashed to her bench, such were the trials and travails of a shorthanded Ragin' Cajun team. A combination of injuries, departures and a thin roster caused problems almost from the start.
"A lot of the season last year, my hands were tied," Kraljev said. "We were so short on depth and didn't have go-to players off the bench. It had to be all on the starters."
That group wound up 8-21 overall and 5-13 in Sun Belt Conference play, missing out on the league tournament. In Kraljev's third year, the former Cajun standout has no plans on coming up short on bodies again.
The Cajuns have nine new players, including a pair of junior college transfers, and there are at least three players listed at every slot on the team's depth chart. This year, there actually is a depth chart.
"We have so many options that we haven't had," said Kraljev, whose unit still has only two seniors and only three upperclassmen with college experience. "We don't have as many holes as we've had in the past."
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Dan McDonald
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