We just got back from our first preseason tournament in Clemson, South Carolina. We took an eight hour bus ride, which allowed for team bonding, naps, and lots of movies including: She’s Out of My League, Up, and the new Miley Cyrus movie, The Last Song, (which was assistant coach Chuck Crawford’s personal favorite!).

We managed to go the whole weekend without eating Subway and got treated to some nice meals, including: Moes, Applebees, Pappa Johns, and Firehouse Subs. As far as the actual tournament, we didn’t do as well as we had liked to, by losing our first two matches against Clemson and Albany. However, we picked it up by the end of the weekend and started to play together as a team and beat Tennessee Tech in five games.

We only have three practices until we travel up to New York for our next tournament, so this week in the gym, we’re really working on staying mentally focused as well as still working on communicating and playing together as a team. Hopefully our hard work will pay off and we will go 4-0 this weekend!