Mackenzi Campbell #4

Hello, my name is Mackenzi Campbell and I am a freshman setter from Newport Beach, California. The transformation from Southern California is defiantly an extreme but with the help of my team, they have made a dramatic effect on helping me adjust. Also, the 3-1 winning streak we had in Pittsburgh in our first tournament was a good start to our season. Our trip was exciting, eventful and most importantly a great bonding time for our team. I think the best part of this weekend was really getting to know each and everyone of my teammates. I mean don’t get my wrong I have been up here for 3 weeks and I know everyone really well on team due to we all eat, sleep and play volleyball with each other everyday, but this was our chance to get to know each other outside of the one thing we all highly hold in common, volleyball. The weekend started on Friday when we went on a tour to the Pittsburgh Steelers stadium! It was an amazing experience and we were all very excited, yet there were some mixed emotions toward this “men of steel” team…Rachelle going strong with her loyalty to her Denver Broncos, decided to stay clear of picture taking of any legendary Steelers players. Later that day we went 2-0 against Robert Morris and Radford finishing off the day right…with two wins. It was a good day to be a bobcat. The following day, all of us studs woke up to see the view of the beautiful city. We took the incline up to the top of the cliffs to take some very exclusive pictures! After the incline the day went on as we beat Morgan State in 3. As I would like to say the weekend got better when we played our last match, unfortunately I would be pulling your bobcat tail. Your blue and gold bobcats sadly have to inform you that we lost to Duquesne. Heartbroken, we went to our next stop the Spaghetti Wherehouse! All of the calories we burned off that entire weekend we probably managed to put back on within one meal! It was fantastic! We also probably helped the waiter burning quite a few of calories himself with all of our craziness and chaotic behavior. The dinner was filled with more competitions and more laughter; which I think is the best cure for a heartbreak we suffered from a few hours before. The last day we woke up bright and early and our faces were looking very…interested, considering all the events we endure this past weekend and all the balls we got hit in the faces with. To finish off the trip the team decided to document all of my beautiful sleeping faces/positions. I’m glad I can embarrass myself enough for everyone else’s enjoyment! I can reassure everyone; I mean everyone got a good laugh when they saw the many pictures that were taken of me when I was sleeping. Let me tell you we have quite a few photographers on the team as well. Besides the pictures I think we all learned a lot from this trip. We learned that we have a whole other level that we need to reach. We learned that we can all eat a large amount of food and most importantly we learned about each other. We had an amazing time and we are all extremely gratefully we got the opportunity to do all the things our wonderful coaches planned for us. Thank you coaches for all you did for us this weekend!