The first tournament of the season is always going to have it's challenges.  Mother nature threw the biggest challenge at us with about a foot of snow greeting us early Saturday morning.  Coach Kristin got snowed in and the Pressleys spent the majority of the day trying to extract themselves from Wadsworth.  The rest of us managed to arrive at relatively snow-free Geneva intact. 

Our team did some really solid things for our first tournament.  We had a 75% serving percentage (beyond our 70% goal).  We managed 3 contacts\attacks on approximately 30% of our volleys (beyond our 25% goal).  We qualified to the Gold playoff bracket (1 of our goal of 4).  We were just one 4" foot fault from the entire roster successfully serving overhand.  All of that is a VERY GOOD starting point for our season.  We also faced some strong local clubs and now realize the steps we have to take to compete on their level.  Our areas for improvement are consistently passing hard serves & transforming into a true team play mentality.  Volleyball is not a sequence of individual plays on the ball amidst other silent, stationary teammates.  We must be continually talking & moving as a unit throughout each and every volley.  We WILL continue to improve.