GW Volleyball Tournament at George Mason

Yesterday was GW Women’s Volleyball’s first spring tournament with our brand new coach and overall it went really well. As the title mentions, it was held at George Mason University, which is located just outside of D.C. in Fairfax, Virginia. In total there were only 4 teams—us, George Mason, Loyola Maryland, and Howard. The format was simply a round-robin (each team plays every other team and the team with the best record at the end emerges as the champion) and therefore the entire tournament was not very long at all. We left our campus at 7:45am and arrived back at roughly 4:20pm, which gave me ample time to begin my homework for the weekend since I have a lot (2 exams on Monday, a big paper due Tuesday, and other assignments due Tuesday as well).

As far as what place we took, we were victorious and took 1st! First we beat Loyola Maryland all 3 games, then we beat Howard 2/3, and then we beat George Mason 2/3 to take the championship. The 2 games that we lost all day can be attributed to our tiredness and making unforced errors (such as hitting errors, serve receive errors, and lack of communication). Overall, it was a good day and served as a great starting point with our coach, so that she could see where we need to improve and so that we can get a feel for coaching style during matches. Everyone played well and had fun competing against the other teams.

As for our next spring tournament, it is next Saturday and will be held here at GW in the Smith Center! I will give you an update once I know all of the specific details regarding game times and such because all fans are welcome!

P.S. CONGRATS TO THE CLASS OF 2015! WELCOME TO THE GW FAMILY! Feel free to email me with any questions you have at cbgraf@gwmail.gwu.edu .

-Christie