Katie Meier and her Miami Hurricanes had a tiring start to their season with 10 games in 23 days. Now after finishing that difficult stretch without a loss, the Hurricanes entered the Top 25 at No. 23 on Monday.
“I literally was like this is crazy,” Meier said of her team’s busy schedule. “I’ve never been through anything like that. We gave them a couple days to recover and study for exams and now are back in our routine.”
Miami’s first test as a ranked team will come against No. 4 Baylor on Saturday in the Florida Sunshine Classic.
“I think it will be a big deal (that we’re ranked), Meier said. “We just did it on merit without having to be a ranked team. We had to prove ourselves a lot more. I think the bigger deal honestly is this test this weekend. We’re really looking forward to it.”
Miami (10-0) is off to its best start in 12 years. The school is two wins short of tying the 2003-04 team for best start in school history. Victories over Baylor and Indiana this weekend would match it.