We played our first spring tournament on Saturday at Madonna University. It was a small event, with only 4 teams, but I think that was good for our first spring competition. All of our matches consisted of 2 sets to 25 points. We started the day playing the University of Windsor. We played pretty well and won both sets by scores of 25-18 and 25-11. In the next match, we played Eastern Michigan. The speed of the game was significantly different from the first match, and it took us a bit to adjust. We had the 2nd set tied at 20-20, but couldn't keep pace. In the final match, we played Madonna. We played well the first set, leading most of the way, but we couldn't hold the lead late. We will get another shot at Madonna this weekend in our home tournament.
For our first competition, I was pretty pleased. We competed in all of our matches, and we played pretty good defense. Our hitting and blocking need to improve, but some of that is to be expected. We only have 2 outside hitters, one of which was our libero in the fall. We have 3 middles, but one has missed a significant part of the spring due to injuries. The other thing was, while this was our first competition, it was EMU and Madonna's third tournament of the spring. I expect us to be much better this weekend in our home tournament.
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