Bronze in Australia

Very windy bronze medal match in Australia today. Phil and I were fortunate to win the game. The first game was kind of a comedy of errors. We had a lot in the beginning and Jake and Rosy had a lot in the end. In the second we had all the errors and they had all the answers. The third game was 3-2 with us up and then we switched 7-3. We kept at least a 2 point lead through the game and won 15-11.

I have said it before and will say it again. It is tough to play in a bronze medal match out here. Phil and I used it to experiment with some different things. We both felt pretty banged up having played the maximum amount of games (9).

The wind was also a major factor as it was gusting. Phil and I were setting each other little baby sets to keep the wind out of play as much as we could. From the good side you could pretty much hit your jump serve as hard as you wanted and it would go in. You just had to get it over the net. Phil actually jump floated the whole match. I was jump serving from the good side and floating from the bad side.

Olympic wise we are looking almost like a lock. I wouldn't say that we are yet, but it is very very close. Jake and Rosy have thrown the first punch in the battle between them and Mike and Stein. Granted the latter team was not here but by virtue of Jake and Rosy finish, they have put themselves just under 1000 points ahead of Stein and Mike and really the pressure is now on Stein and Mike to perform at almost all the FIVB events they play in. They can afford a few bad ones but only if Jake and Rosy have a few bad ones too. Should be interesting.