fall tournament

the cRaZy sOcCeR mOnKeYs competed in the 2nd annual fall tournament today.  they were one of eight teams in their 10U double-elimination bracket.  they ended the regular season in 2nd place last weekend.

game 1 was at 8:45am, and they defeated the #3-ranked pink attack in 2 sets.

at 11am, they faced their arch-rivals - the #1-ranked diamond diggers.  this is the only team that beat them in the regular season.  after losing in 2 sets, csm was sent to the "loser" bracket.

after a short rest - they played game 3 against #6 sassy pants at 2pm.  victorious there, they moved on to game 4 at 2:45pm and beat #3 pink attack.  next up was game 5 at 3:30pm vs. #4 spike girls.  winning there, they earned a spot to compete for the championship, facing the #1 diamond diggers.  and with the double-elimination, since the dd had not lost yet, csm would have to beat them twice to win.  the girls were thrilled for the opportunity.

the finals game (game 6) started at 4:15pm.  in contrast to csm, who had been playing non-stop games since 2pm, dd had not played a game since 12:30pm.  csm was warm and dd were cold.  csm won set 1 - which was pretty unbelievable considering they had not been able to overcome this team all season, nor earlier this morning.  set 2 went to the dd, so set 3 was the tie breaker.  it was a super close set, but csm came out on top!!!  they had done it!!  but now they had to do it again.....;-)

game 7 - the final final final game - started at 5pm.  you could tell which team had the heart to win and which was out of steam.  (or maybe just in shock from the loss...)  the monkeys came out with the win in 2 sets, and it was AWESOME!!!  i wish i had it on video to share.