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Weeks 12-15 Recap

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Hello!        It's been a month since I last blogged. A lot has happened in this last month. We have officially played every team in the league at least 1 time (we will play everyone 3 times total). After being 1/3 of the way through regular season, it is crazy to say that we are still UNDEFEATED! 10-0 in league play, along with 1 win in the Finnish Cup = 11-0. I have never been 10-0 before. This team has never been 10-0 before. The team has NEVER ever won at the Viesti gym, so it is cool being a part of history in the making. Being 10-0 is kinda fun hahaha. Our management is pretty excited--as are we! It was also cool to get selected as the setter of the month in my first month overseas! If you are interested in watching a game or two, just shoot me a message! The Viesti game was streamed on Ruutu+ with announcing and had great coverage.        These past 4 weeks have consisted of the following matches: Hameelinna (W:3-0); Kangasala (W:3-2); ...
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Week 11

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Hello everyone.        This will be my last "weekly post" since our weeks here are about to slow down. We have been playing 2 games a week for the past 3 weeks...and now it slows down to one game a week. Yes we are 6-0!!! It has been tough (especially this last week). It is the best start in club history and we are all very excited to get better. We are playing so much better than when we started playing just 1.5 months ago.        If any of you are wanting to watch some of the games, just inbox me and I can tell you how to view it. None of our games have been live streamed on TV, but they have had live score (with detailed rally info). Our game this past Friday, versus Kuusamo, was probably the best we have played yet. Then yesterday versus OrPo was not our best game, but we prevailed and pushed through together . We were the underdogs in the league so it is really cool to be playing well. I like that we are determined to get back in the gym ...
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Weeks 9 & 10 recap :)

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It has been a minute, hello!        Well, I wanted to write the blog last week, but I also wanted to enjoy every moment with my dad being here. So in this blog, I will sum up the last two weeks for you. (which by the way have been pretty cool)        So to start off, on Tuesday September 24th, my dad flew here! Alexis, Mav, and I drove to Jyväskylä to pick him up after one of our practices. While these two weeks have felt like a long time, when dad left Saturday night, the two weeks then felt so fast. He got to witness the first four games of league, including my first pro game. He must be a good luck charm since we are starting off 4-0!        --Which is by the way the best start that the club has had in 15 years. So to sum up our games, we won the following: Pujio 3-0; Nurmo 3-1; Vampula 3-2; and Kangasala 3-2. All games were different atmospheres, and the two games that went to 5 sets were back to back. We got to sta...
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Week 8 with Town Video!

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Hello hello! Week 8 has wrapped up and it was different week for us. You all have been asking about what the town is like, gym, stores, etc., so I finally made a video to show you the town of Pihtipudas! The link is:  https://youtu.be/Qioc7IYaxyY        We had our friendly game vs OrPo on Wednesday (9.18). We ended up winning 3-1. While Pihtipudas is located slightly below mid-Finland, we still have a little bit of a drive to every opponent that we play. OrPo is one of the closer trips that we will make (about 3 hours). The weather here has dropped within the last week, so the highs have been around 40 degrees F, while the lowest has been around 28 degrees F.        We had an off day on Thursday so we celebrated that by taking a drive down to Jyväskylä. Pilvi, Mav, Alexis, and I went to see the scary movie IT: Chapter 2. After working at a movie theater for almost 2 years, it was weird to compare. The theater was small (maybe 40 seats),...
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Week 7 - Pihtipudas

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Week 7 is in the books.        I think this has by far been one of the best weeks here. It seems that the days are going faster since we are having friendly games at the end of the week. This week of practice went by super fast. We hosted a mini-tournament yesterday with Pujio and WoVo. We won both games 3-0, and it seems that things are really starting to click out on the floor. Both of these teams will be our first opponent during league play. This upcoming Wednesday, we have our last friendly game versus OrPo.        The league starts in a little less than two weeks. To further explain to those that don't understand how it works overseas: You have a league that you are in (aka conference) in which teams are dispersed around the country. Our league is  Mestaruusliiga Women .  We have a total of 11 teams in our league. We will play everyone in our league close to 3 times each. Our "league" season lasts from September 27th to Ma...
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