July 30th,
Monday and Tuesday were a great two days of competition for Team USA’s Women’s Indoor Volleyball team. Monday’s match was against Poland and Tuesday’s was against Italy. Both of the matches were important in helping us finish first in our pool and gaining momentum going into the next round of bracket play. By finishing first in our pool, we were guaranteed a quarterfinals match against a number 4 seed team in the opposite bracket-a highly favorable matchup.
Monday was a fairly good game against Poland. Nothing spectacular or fancy, just taking care of business and defeating opponents easily and quickly. We took down Poland with a score of 3-0. Here’s the write-up on this match: http://www.usdeafsports.org/volleyball/news/2013/jul/29/kyle-dominates-win-against-poland/
Tuesday, we took on an Italy squad that when they were on their best game, they could be unpredictable and very good. Thankfully, we were able to serve tough and put a lot of pressure on the Italians and were able to take yet another match by a score of 3-0 and finish pool play at 5-0. Here’s a brief look at what happened against Italy: http://www.usdeafsports.org/volleyball/news/2013/jul/30/win-us-volleyball-advances-quarterfinals/
Although we had some sloppy moments at times, we started off the way we wanted to: with a 5-0 record a a favorable quarterfinal match up against Mexico on Wednesday.
The fans here and at home, along with the whole of Team USA, are supporting us and vice versa. We have a great team belief and we can’t wait for the next game! Go Team USA!!! Go DAWGS!!!
Kelly Kyle #10