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Hello All, Well, I actually started to write and entry the other day but I didn’t complete it, my husband used my computer and closed the document without saving it. So this time I am blaming him for my not having updated my site 🙂 So here we are the day before the potential last …

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Well, we have come to the end of the road of World Cup 2008. Though we didn’t rob Italy of an 11-0 sweep, GREAT JOB ITALY, we did reach our primary objective which was to qualify for Beijing. Wheeeew! At least that is behind us. We had some opportunities to close the third set but …

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And we all say AMEN! USA has qualified. What a fun match against Japan. We played great against the home team Japan, in front of all of their fans, with only the Berg’s and a select few others cheering for us in the gym. Thanks to all of you who stayed up and watched the …

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Well, Yall, Rough day at the office on yesterday. We went down 1-3. I believe it would have been a different outcome had we won the first set. We had SOOOOOO many unforced errors. I know a lot of people think, Serbia came out of nowhere. However they are FIVB world ranked ninth behind USA. …

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Hello All, Well, we are about 18 hours til game time…WOOHOO! Today’s preparation consisted of training, two video sessions, therapy and rounded off with Hagen Daas Caramel Crisp umm um (Thanks Nicole and Stacy). We play Serbia, Japan, and Italy, respectively. No easy matches during the World Cup competition! I have to say I am …

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We are definitely on a roll. 8-0! Wow it really felt good to take care of business against Korea. Especially since they decided to rest three of their main players for the match verses Brazil because they thought they would have a better chance to beat USA. NOT! Not this time… They still played incredible …

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Today we are 7-0! We beat Thailand in four. Thailand was the first Asian team we have played against. They played well too. It seemed we would take off to a big lead as we opened up 4-0. They quickly caught up with strong serving. I tell you, I think that most teams strategy against …

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SIX and ZERO! That’s us… Granted our last match verses Dominican Republic was not pretty but I will take an ugly win any day. The tournament is starting to take it’s toll on our team. I am sure other teams are dealing with injuries too. Last tournament this plague hit our outsides. This time around …

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Still UNDEFEATED! WOOHOO! All Praise be to God. What an awesome win coming back from down 0-2. It was a great team win. I only played a bit in the first set, getting 1 kill of a couple of attempts, and some touches on the block, then coach decided to make some changes. We still …

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OK win number FOUR… Let’s keep going USA! We did exactly what we wanted to today. And that is to use this match against Kenya to work on specifics of team USA. Except for the second game we really steadied our passing, served tough and just had a lot of fun keeping our energy up. …

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WOOHOOO! 2-0 that is us, USA team. We beat Cuba in three! Just kidding four would have been nice but we’ll take a 3-2 victory coming from behind in the fifth set! We were treated to McDonald’s for the victory. Can you believe I said no to McDonald’s fries and FRIED apple pies! I did …

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World Cup 2008 has begun… USA opened against Peru and won in strait sets. We allowed more points to them than I would have liked but it is always good to win. To Peru’s credit, they played really scrappy defense and served pretty tough… Tomorrow we have an early match starting at 12:35 verses Cuba. …

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Hey Yall, Long time no entry eh…. well from USA to Brazil to Paraguay to Brazil to USA to Japan, that is where I have been. Following the NORCECA championship where USA finished second and qualified for the World Cup, Beijing Olympic first qualifier, I went to Brazil. I was there training and competing with …

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From Canada to Baton Rouge… and of course the flights were delayed so I arrived home at 2 am, stayed the day and traveled to Brazil the following day. Greeted by my husband who was late to pick me up. Yep, can you believe it! But that didn’t matter once I saw him, hehehehehehe. Then …

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Well, that’s all she wrote as the saying goes. Who is she? Anyway … we lost to Cuba this afternoon in five 16-18 in the fifth. Just what a finals match should be like, fight to the end. I hate to lose as much as anyone, but I have to say we did really well …

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We are continuing to take care of business. We beat the Dominican Republic in three on Wednesday and today in the Semi’s we beat host country Canada in three to qualify for World Cup. They really began to serve tough in the third set which we trailed for the most part. Finally our tough serving …

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NORCECA Championships on the way and we are 2-0 against Trinidad and Mexico, off to a good start. We had to adjust our line up. Cassie has moved into the starting line up playing opposite, and doing a fine job. Tay is back on the left (This season ’07 she has been playing opposite for …

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From Colorado to California, beautiful Orange County. We stayed at the Holiday Inn Laguna Hills. Boy, was it a busy schedule. I couldn’t believe that I was so close to Tall Girl (clothing store for tall girls and women) but didn’t have a moment to make it over there! BOOOO! We trained at Soka University. …

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I am back in Colorado Springs after a whooping three days at home. What a quick trip but as always it was a joy spending time with my family… I surprised my mom. She was so excited. And guess it was a surprise to my great nephew Stefan who is three. His reaction was priceless. …

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Our last leg in Russia we went 2-1 again. We beat Cuba 3-1, lost to Russia 2-3 we could have done some things better but the officiating didn’t help, and beat Kazakhstan 3-1. The trip to Macau was a long one. We had to pick up our bags three times and recheck-in. Definitely need to …

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