On Saturday, the Warriors traveled to Ypsilanti to play in Eastern Michigan's spring tournament. We started in a pool with Madonna, Saginaw Valley State, and Northwood. Pool play consisted of 2 games (I can't call them sets) to 25 or 45 minutes. We started out by beating Madonna 25-22 and 25-17. In the second match, we beat Saginaw Valley State 25-20 and 25-18. In the final match of pool play, we split with Northwood 25-21 and 23-25. We played pretty well in each match, but had a hard time controlling the tempo against Northwood. By winning our pool, we got to play the first place team from Pool A, which was Eastern Michigan. There was definitely a difference in the tempo at which Eastern was playing and the teams we had played in pool play, so it took us most of game 1 to adjust to the speed. We lost 20-25, but as we became acclimated to the tempo, we were able to win game 2 25-22, setting up a 15 point third game. We struggled with serve receive at the beginning, putting ourselves in a 6-0 hole. We fought out of it and got the score to within 2 or 3 points, but couldn't get any closer than that, eventually dropping the set 9-15.
Overall, it was a good weekend for the Warriors. This weekend, we head to Madonna for their spring tournament. Competing for the Warriors this spring is Kate Sak, Cydney Biessel, Madie Kent, Lindsey Graciak, Nicole Arends, Kristen Bulkiewicz, Amanda Wetherill, Jessica DeLeeuw, Jen Finkbeiner, and Kris Vulaj.
