Well, it was another successful weekend for our girls. Lots of fun had by all the girls who participated in the SGIS tournament. Over dinner Friday night there was talk that our strategy should be to psych out our opponents by going on the court with war paint and sacrificing a goat. The girls had a amazing team spirit from start to finish. We started off with going to the tournament with only two or three practices on the beach volleyball court and only one practice on a hard court, but that practice included a pro volleyball coach for 30 minutes. The girls used the drills learned that evening throughout the tournament. Their play improved each match. All participated in encouraging each other on and off the court. Delaney, Carly, and Hanna (played with injuries on day two), our more veteran players, took strong leadership roles on the court. Marina (our most vocal cheerleader), Jaz, Fiona, Emma, Meg T. and Meg G. all put in a 100% effort and each made contributions in each match, I must say there were some amazing plays and saves. All the girls wanted on the court to participate in each match of the tournament. This culminated to our last match of the tournament where we strongly believed we could win a match if not a set. The match was against ISL2 and we were up and down several time in the first set. The match was the first to 20 points. We were leading 17-15 then lost ground to 19-18 ISL2, but managed to tie 19-19. All of us on the edge of our seats knew we needed to win by two points, if we were to win this set. There were very dramatic rallies at this point and we were up 20-19, and then it happened- we scored that 21st point on the next serve. We all stormed to court screaming N-J-C!!! A very memorable moment. We fought very hard in the second and third set, but could not get over top for the match win. Nonetheless it was great event. We do have photographic evidence of us and our championship trophy, which we subsequently lost on the way home. It is a long story of which they are several versions.