Windy City Round-Up

We're in Chicago playing in the final preparation tounament leading up to the championships in Orlando in a couple of weeks. It's been a long and winding road with this team and they are a good group of lads.

Just a small crew, one of my favorite factions of squad, off and in attendance for this big weekend.

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It was a bit of a struggle all day. Mostly from jump. They would get into an early hole, battle back, and then let it slip away in the end. In one set they fell behind 2-8, came storming back to take a 23-21 lead, only to eventually lose 25-27. A highly volatile day.

3 matches, 3 losses. 6 sets, 6 losses.

Ya boi jeff meff still went beast mode a few times. Win or lose, his improvement this year is tremendous.

He's a hard worker. I'm proud.

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Day two started with mr. meff getting some extended run on the wings. Dude has some hops and I cannot exaggerate how far he has come to get playing time at a wing position. He's a baller.

What follows is a string of points he scored, along with his bois celebrating with him afterwards:

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Overall, they played much better today, going 2-1 overall. After losing the first match, coach gave them a pep talk and they proceeded to rip off two victories, including the third match which started immediately after the second. The second match was a bit grueling so winning that third match was no joke.

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Plus, fun with numbers. Nice!

They showed excess heart today.

......now that we have that out of the way......

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Always fun to watch meff man get some love from the homies.

Unfortunately, after an early substitution mistake that led to a point swing, they lost the rope a bit. In the second set of a 0-2 loss coach was trying some shit and playing a few different lineups we don't see much. Just not their day.

These fellas is on they way to Orlando. Let's see what they bring to the table.

Here's a loosie of squad. We survived the tournament, and more importantly, the hotel. lulz