Campus update 17/12/2022

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Dear students,

A week before the winter break, we played in Albergen against Klumpers VVA.

Our preparations started at 1 pm with a lunch at Tom’s place, here we also had a guest-lecture about non-American cultures, as one of our coaches showed us the Gallic tradition of throwing milk on yourself. Furthermore, three Navy Seals were invited, as we were once again not complete. LT. Van Tuil substituded as libero, LT. Bonekamp as reserve-midplayer and LT. Van Dongen as outside.

Once we were complete, we drove to Albergen. Here to our surprise the opponent had only 5 players and we were initially told that we had won the match without playing, and because we already had driven to Albergen it would turn into a practice match. However, approximately 20 minutes into a slightly delayed warming-up, the rules were advised, and it was concluded that a team in the 2nd class is allowed to start with 5 players and it turned into a regular match.

Hence the match commenced, despite the fact they played with only five players they were good. They had a formidable block and a good defense. Paired with our plentiful showcase of service mistakes, and lack of a good flow they were too strong for us the first three sets. However, being with five must have taken a toll on their endurance, as they weakened in the last set. Furthermore, we also started played better this set. All these factors resulted in winning the final set.

The next match is a home game on January the 14th against SVH VC, last time we lost  3 – 2 against them, therefore this promises to be another exciting game.

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Maybe before we claim the win

The rulebook should be looked within

Now we lost

At what cost

The harmony of a sad violin

~ Fivy League 🌿