WOW, now that's a team....

Our Wichita Midwest Invitational Tournament was fantastic! We did the best job we have done all season in so many ways!

First, we had fun! The road trip was silly and sure gave us some good laughs. The hotel stay was even more fun and gave the girls such great memories I hope they cherish for a long time! Moms driving slow, fast, the wrong way...two hour trips to Taco Bell..all to end up at Burger King! Kevin in the pool...keys that never worked, silly string and the list goes on and on!

We faced teams we had never played before and we were unsure how to size up our competition given they were unknown teams to us. We played our hearts out! It took us only one game to wake up and know we had to start off with a bang and keep it going...we did just that! We swept our first day of games against three teams. The list of MVP's kept growing.

Lindsey served 9 serves in a row that could not be returned!
Megan Witazsak served us 17 in a row that could not be returned!
Beth played with such heart and never stopped supporting us!
Everyone was so flexible and everyone was willing to play any position once Niki was injured! The Patriots showed the most teamwork and heart I had seen all season. Everyone was positive, everyone encouraged and everyone worked together for the benefit of the TEAM! Beth and Brittney, without you two we could NOT have done it! Our fear of going with a short roster came true, but so did the Patriots! We came alive and finished the Friday night games with a killer of a win!!!

We started off Saturday with the same kind of bang...we met up with Applewood who is an amazing team. They have played together for twelve years, but we gave them a run for their money! They won the first game, we won the second! The final game went to 15, and we played hard and the final score was 11-15. We showed so much character, spirit and skill! We took 2nd place!!!!!!!!!!

What a great way to end our season!
Thank you again to all the parents that drove, stayed, prayed, brought food etc..we could not have done it without ANY of you! Niki came back to play in Saturdays games!

Watch this site for more to come with information and photographs!

Coach Katie