“You want expectations. Players who have confidence in themselves are not afraid of challenges. Those are the kind of kids you want, and those are the kind of kids we have,” said Penders, who enters his sixth season at the head of the Cougar bench. “This is the deepest and most talented team that we have had here. This year, I feel more comfortable with what we have,” Penders said. I feel good about all of the returning players and the experience they received and their performances. We’re going to be a lot bigger. Physicality will be often mentioned with this team as we get to playing and fans watch them, Penders said. We have not had an abundance of physicality on any of our teams in the past, and that was something we tried hard to recruit."
