2007 Phoenix Cup CHAMPIONS!!

It felt so good.

This is the first tournament win our club has claimed. And my team did it! Not only were we the only team to beat the long-time reigning champs on the road to victory (we split our match in the round-robin and beat them in a one-set match in the semi-finals), we also beat our club's A-team in the finals to win it all!

I definitely wouldn't say that it was validation because we were by far the underdogs in the playoffs. With so many young players on our team, it was good to see our potential at its fullest yesterday. While our play was mediocre during the round-robin, we played inspired and intense volleyball in the playoffs to pull it off. We scrapped up a win in the semis when the other team made a late game surge and saw our 22-14 lead completely disintegrate. We squeaked by with a 27-25 win. We came from behind in the finals after a lousy 1-5 start to win it 25-23. My heart stopped many times in the playoffs and was glad when it was all over because I had nothing left in the tank.

Thanks to the Reddies who were there and fought hard the whole day. =)