Hello again everyone! As most of you have already heard we took a tough loss tonight vs #2 Texas at Brownsville. I guess you could say we were a little stage frightened throughout the entire match. We have realized the level of play that is expected at the national tournament and we have refocused and our minds are now on defending national champions, Fresno Pacific University. We got to scout both Fresno Pacific and Missouri Baptist, the two other teams in our pool, and we are looking forward to the competition ahead. I think we match up pretty good with the next two teams so be ready for some good volleyball!
The opening ceremony followed our match this evening. All the teams were announced and the national anthem was presented. It is also a tradition at this time to exchange gifts with our opening match competitors. We gave MNU cups filled with goodies and Texas at Brownsville gave us t-shirts. We had good conversation with a lot of the teams here and are meeting really cool women from all over. I am going to wrap up this blog with a little part of our team devotional from the night. From Philippians 2:3, "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves." We have come to realize that alone we cannot accomplish our goals and we need to rely on each other and be selfless on the court if we want to succeed as a team. I will leave you with our team verse as it always brings us back home, "though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves, but a cord of three strands is not easily broken." Ecclesiastes 4:12
I hope you can catch our game tomorrow vs. the defending national champions Fresno Pacific at 8:00pm! Go Lady Pioneers!
-Laura
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