Day 3: Match against the Grand Cayman national team

The Olivet College volleyball team is on a week-long trip to Grand Cayman for its preseason training. While there, the players will be writing blog posts and sending them back to the U.S.A. to be posted on the website. The home page for the blog, where future posts will be linked to is: www.olivetcomets.com/sports/wvball/2014-15/cayman_blog/

SATURDAY, AUG. 9 -- written by Cecilia Bayne

The girls had endless adventures today, with the Cayman sand under their toes, over looking the ocean and a volleyball in hand. They started the morning with a beach volleyball tournament involving some local players. Then players intermingled with the Caymanians to play 2's, 3's and 4's tournaments.

After a long morning in the sun, they either relaxed by the pool or took a much needed nap before playing a game against the Cayman Island international team. Neither team knew what to expect. It was really exciting for the girls to reconnect after a long summer. The girls learned some new language lingo, island time, which means time is veryyyy relaxed. One of the player's son became our new mascot. His name is Gabrielle and he is five. He was very excited to lead our team cheers.

We then traveled to a beach restaurant where we sat by the ocean and ate a great dinner.

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