The head honcho, John Tawa, is currently in Ohio preparing for what very well could be the crossing of the National Championship finish line. You can find his coverage right here. Along with this week's National Player and Team of the week here. But in the meantime, he wanted me to deliver a message.

"I feel confident declaring that should Padua Franciscan beat St. Francis DeSales tomorrow afternoon they will be national champions."

This was after Padua won its semifinal this afternoon in four sets against Mount Notre Dame and did so while playing at a very high level (29-27, 26-28, 25-19, 25-19).