Monday July 20, 2009

Day 9 – Pula, Croatia Global Challenge

By: Ellen Fox

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            So today we woke up pretty early again, around 7. For breakfast there were hot dogs again, surprise surprise! But there was also some pretty good cereal. They also have a coffee machine that I would love for my room (Mom you should get me one). We left the hotel around 8 to go play our first match against Croatia. We ended up winning in three. In this tournament, the third game is played to 25 instead of 15 which worked to our advantage because we had a comeback at the end.

            After our first match we went outside and had some fruit, and then watched an American team play a Romanian team. After that, we headed back to the gym to play our second match against Italy. We lost in two, but they were a good team. Then we walked back up to our hotel and had lunch.

            We didn’t play until 5:30, so some of us went down to the pool and others slept. Hallie and I slept for about two hours and it was one of the best naps ever. Kari always wakes us up and it’s like the knock of death on the door, we always want to sleep longer!

            After we were all refreshed we went back to the gym to play against our friends, OK Galeb. During the game, Taylor was defiantly beasting it up at the net! She had three blocks and two dumps that went straight down, one of them with her left hand! After she blocked a ball Hallie told Adam that if she gets a stuff block she does a silly little dance, and then literally the play right after that she got a stuff block and did her dance! It was hilarious. We lost that game in two, and went back to the hotel to eat dinner.

            Now we are resting and will either go down to the pool or lay around and watch TV. Oh and by the way my butt is getting better!