AVP Pro-Beach Volleyball - (Day Two)

Saturday was a really long day due to the heat. It was at least 102 degrees, I never did get the official weather forecast, I'm just going by what it said on my car thermostat. Our volunteer coordinator, Christie, did an awesome job making sure that everyone stayed hydrated. Unfortunately, there wasn't any shade in the area where we were working the afternoon games. So we had to work in shifts, two volunteers sat out every game. The only shade that was available was under a flatbed truck on the other side of the parking lot. It was rather comical to watch the volunteers sitting on chairs under these trucks, but it worked. The picture to the left is Brittany with Jennifer Boss and April Ross. They were our last game of the afternoon, once we were done with that game we took a little break before the evening games started. It was nice to get out of the heat!

The picture to the right is Brittany shagging during the evening game between Holdren-Nygaard and Hyden-Keenan. We thought it was funny that we shagged for Hyden and Keenan again, two nights in a row. Her job was to get the ball whenever it went to the far side of the court where she was and roll it to the girl nearest to the corner where I was taking the picture.

When the ball was in play Brittany just had to stand there and pay attention to what was going on. You never want to turn your back in a volleyball game because you could get hit by the ball. We left the crown at home since volleyballs and crowns don't mix.

Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor warming up prior to their evening match. Brittany is the small girl on the far side of the net in the yellow shirt. Every time they would hit the ball over the net it was her job to go get it.

Brittany's dream come true was being on the volleyball court with Kerri Walsh. As you can probably guess Brittany plays volleyball.

Another picture of Brittany with Kerri Walsh.

During the night games we were being bombarded by grasshoppers. It was fun to watch people in the stands; every now and then they would jump because a grasshopper flew into them. I was one of those people. In fact one time when I was taking the camera out of my backpack a grasshopper jumped into it.

At the end of the night Brittany was able to get her picture with Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor, 2004 Olympic Gold Medalists. They won their match that night and moved on to the semi-finals on Sunday. We decided not to go back and volunteer on Sunday because of the heat we had endured on Saturday afternoon. Thankfully we both stayed hydrated and neither one of us became ill, but I didn't want to risk two days of extreme heat.

On Sunday, Walsh and May moved on to the finals where they ended up winning!