Tuesday, February 17, 2004
Today’s match against Unity was very crucial. A win means we’ll move on to semi-finals, a loss will be… unimaginable. I was so nervous my legs won’t stop shaking in court. But I don want to affect the team in anyway by letting my fear or nervousness show, so I put on a front of confidence (but inside my heart is pounding like mad!). Right from the beginning we were leading all the way, with every ball I felt REAL confidence growing in the team. We won the first set 25-14. Still I didn’t dare to let my guards down and relax. Even for the second set I could feel the tenseness(is there such a word?) of the team. Such was depth of our desire to win. We made a few mistakes here and there, but our service and spikes were wonderful! We finally won with a score of 25-18. We won.
We won!!! It took awhile for the euphoria to set it. All my fears of not getting into Nationals instantly vanished! I could feel the excitement and relief that came over everybody as we walked out of the court. Heads held high in victory.
writing at 2:55 AM