On Saturday, the junior varsity had a tournament at Ridgewater Community College in Willmar, where we played three matches.
Our first match was against Ridgewater (Jordan Olerud's former team), who are the NJCAA National Runners-up from the year ago. We stayed with them early, but lost in two sets, 16-25, 21-25.
Between matches we had a nice break and grabbed a bite to eat at Perkins. Then we returned for our next match against Hibbing Community College (Lindsay Jacobson's former team).
We didn't play our best and lost that match in two sets as well. Afterward, we all felt we should have won, but our team play is still developing.
Right after the Hibbing match we played Bismarck and came out with more determination. Each game was very close and we struggled in places, but in the end we pulled out our first win for the JV in three sets.
It was so nice to end a long day on a win. We were ready to go home and get some much needed rest, but we will definitely be ready for our next match!
Tanya
