Tournament Time

The volleyball team's first tournament of the season was a success! It was a much stronger start than they had last year. They were undefeated in pool play and came in 3rd place overall.

Danielle did great! She played hard and had several great plays. This year Danielle never rotates out, so it's even more fun to watch because she's playing all the time! Playing non-stop in 11 sets made her a little sore and tired today, but she can't wait to do it all again. Unfortunately we will miss the next tournament because we will be on vacation. (She's not convinced Disney is worth it.) We had excellent seats for this tournament, so I was able to get a lot of pictures.

Thanks to Uncle Ron for surprising Tyler with dinner while we were gone all day!

All smiles, even at 5:30am.



Their campsite for the day.

Lining up to wish the other team good luck.

Getting set up to spike the ball.

Ron took this one. The shutter wasn't fast enough, making it look like she's missing an arm (she was just moving too fast), but this was a really good shot for a short kid. :) She spiked it back over the net for the point.

Serving

 

 

Pass to the setter

 



Celebrating a point after Danielle served.

 

Watching the outcome of another game. They played the winner of that game.



She was fooling around while warming up with a friend, but she did have a few diving plays.

Serving

She is growing up too quickly.