On a foggy Sunday morning: six women, a
man, two cars and 6 balls (and some food left from previous matches) travelling
to Cambridge......
After 1.30 hrs drive, the Oxford ladies'
team and its coach were ready to start the warm-up for the first match... being
careful of not losing too much energy!
With only six players, this was the line up:
captain Annika middle (first match) and outside (second match), Sonia setter,
Fede outside (first match) and middle (second match), Nela outside, Elisa
opposite, Andrea middle.
NVL Ladies vs Cambridge: 25-15, 25-8, 25-14
The first half of set 1 was quite hard for
the girls, but as soon as they started to get organised on the court they
didn't let the opponents have a second of a break! Precise passes and sets
together with wonderful hits and serves. Only one exhortation from the coach:
"try to tip, girls!" unfortunately, his suggestion did not collect
the expected results ....! Anyway, there was no need to ask for any time-out
during the entire game! In closing, all the team members were amazed by the
happiness of the coach for their astounding performance!
NVL Ladies vs Northampton: 25-11, 25-12, 25-12
Exhausted from the first game, the team had
a 20-minute break to replace the lost calories (eating chemical cakes,
peanut-butter sandwiches, etc.!). After a brief warm-up, the team was ready to
restart playing.... A little change of role for this game: Fede played middle and Annika outside. Great
performance of Fede playing as middle and perfect harmony with Sonia:
well-deserved MVPs!!! Great serving and hitting was the game strategy! During
the second set the ladies had a moment of blackout....Jon had to ask for the
first time-out! No panic, the players started again to play at a high level and
brought the game to a wonderful conclusion!
Well done girls!
Written by Elisa
No comments:
Post a Comment