Last weekend I played in a USA qualifier tournament with Lauren Paolini, one of my best friends from UT! Not only was it super fun to play with her but we ended up finishing 9th in the tournament! Just 2 wins away from qualifying to play in some international tournaments! On Saturday, it was pool play so we played 3 matches. We lost the first two, barely! And finally won the last match of the day! Pao and I hadn't even practiced together before this tournament so the fact that we went to 3 games in our first match and almost won, and played a tough second match (it was the number 1 team in our pool) was pretty great for us.
Sunday morning, we played an older craftier tea
m (I actually played against one of the women in my previous tournament). They were a great team but Pao and I were able to win the first game and make a late comeback in the second game to win our first match. In our second match, we played two women who have been playing in the AVP main draw for awhile. The first game was 25-23 and the second game was 24-22!!! It was such a bummer that we lost but it was nice to know that I'm on the right path and not crazy for chasing after my beach volleyball dream!
My mom was able to fly in for the tournament and some hang out time and Scott was also able to come and watch! It was so fun to have people there! Poor Scott had to sit out in the sun all day Saturday before he pitched Saturday night, but he ended up pitching great! Thank goodness! On Sunday, we all got smart and Scott went and bought an umbrella so that he and my mom could enjoy it while Pao and I played. A
nd we got to join them in the shade during our breaks!
Another side note... My friend Cayley ended up playing the same team that I did (if Pao and I had won we would have played each other!). She and her partner Christal Morrison ended up losing a heart breaker in the 3rd game, 16-14. And, Pao's friend from the Indoor National team and a girl I played with in USA volleyball, Ale
xis Crimes, came to watch us! It was fun to see her! And last side note, a bunch of Scott's teammates also came out to watch! Tacker, who I've talked about in a previous blog, came and brought the good luck to this tournament. Jose Lima was supposed to stop by but didn't, so I let him know he was in big trouble for skipping! He said he'd make it up to me!
Enjoy a couple pics!
Pao and I on the court.
Me, Alexis and Pao
Scott and I :)
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