Thursday, May 27, 2010

84 Days Until Pre-Season...


Not that we're excited about pre-season to begin, but it's only 85 days away! Our team has spent the spring term getting ready to kick some butt and take some names in the Ivy League this fall.

We met all our goals as a team, including crushing our personal bests in the weight room! Go Big Green!

Please enjoy the video - it's a short snippet of a week in the life of the Dartmouth Volleyball team...


P.S. Now that summer has arrived this blog is going on vacation until August. We hope that everyone has a safe & fun summer!

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Two Engineers and a Yellow Cat


Well, if that doesn't grab your attention I'm not sure what will. We had a great day today! Our team tackled the low ropes course at Dartmouth courtesy of the Dartmouth Outing Club - the oldest and largest collegiate outing club in the country.

As we were getting started our facilitator, Becky, had the girls name an animal and a color that they could identify with...that somewhat explains the title of this blog. :-)

As Becky led our team through the course she stopped after each section to reinforce the lesson learned and relate how it applied to our team.

Better than try to explain to you the adventures our team had today, I am going to show you. We recently purchased a Kodak zi8 and plan to record some of the great moments that our team has on a weekly basis.

Please enjoy, because we sure did!

Monday, May 3, 2010

Community Service: Cooking at David's House


This past weekend our team participated in their annual tradition of cooking dinner at David's House. This place serves as a home-away-from-home and support for families with children receiving treatment through the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth (CHaD).

Here are some photos and quotes from the team about their experience this year:
"It was a really positive experience, to be able to transfer our teamwork from the volleyball court to giving back to the Dartmouth community." - Maddy Baird '12

"It was hilarious how much our chemistry as a team transferred into the kitchen. we were all laughing afterward about how we just walked in to David's house, no one even really decided who was going to do what, we just all starting doing something and within a half an hour the meal was cooked. We were like a machine!" - Annie Villanueva '12

"It was really fun to do something great for someone else, especially because in college you get used to having food prepared for you. It was a fun challenge to prepare it for someone else, especially someone in need." - Lexi Campbell '13

"Our team always has a great time cooking at David's House - our experience last weekend was a little bit more interesting than usual considering the fact that we didn't have the coaches there to supervise our cooking. But at the end of the day, I think we managed to whip up a legitimate Italian-style meal, complete with spaghetti, garlic bread, and a big salad. Good work team!"
- Jessie Hartman '11

"We had so much fun together, we're all friends off the court, but it really felt good to do something good for someone else as a team." - Amber Bryant '12