W. Volleyball. Robinson, Gama Check-In At Global Challenge

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The MWC All-Star team went 3-0 in pool play action.



July 12, 2017
Spartan volleyball players Breann Robinson and Nandyala Gama sent us more blogs from the European Global Challenge.The Mountain West team went 3-0 in pool play, defeating Falconara 3-0 (28-18, 25-19, 25-15), NKMB Branik 2-1 (20-25, 25-23, 25-20) and BIP SE U23 2-1 (25-18, 25-16, 21-25). In pool play, teams play three sets no matter if a team wins the first two sets.The MWC team begins championship play on Thursday. All information regarding the tournament, including a livestream of all matches, can be found at http://bringitusa.com/gc2017/Below are two blogs from our traveling Spartans. Enjoy!July 9 & 10 - BreannOn July 9th we arrived in Maribor, Slovenia, and joined a few other American teams  who had been staying there for a few days. When we got there, we had a couple hours before practice so we took a chairlift to the top of the mountain to ride the rail all the way down. Nanj and I were the first to get in our carts and fly down the rail (of course). It was so fun! Then we had a scrimmage against a Slovenian team, and afterwards, we headed to dinner.Breann and Nandyala on the chair lift.









We ate with two other American teams. We took a gondola to the higher peak of the mountain and ate at an amazing restaurant at the very top of the mountain. We were up so high, our ears were popping in the gondola on the way up. The next day (July 10th) we woke up early to travel to Pula, Croatia. 


There were three teams to a bus, and we all got in and started our five hour bus ride to Pula, Croatia. We slept most of the way, and when we arrived, our hotel was swimming with volleyball players ...

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