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The team hadn't played together before this week, he noted. "It's the best volleyball they've played all week," said Marine head coach Brent Peterson. The Marine Corps team earned the bronze medal outlasting Air Force in a three-set match.Īir Force won the first set 25-22, but the Marines fought back to take the second set 25-19 and sealed the deal with a 15-9 third set. "You can't ask for a better family than the Army family," she continued, "and whether that's athletes and competitors or the family members they bring with them, you really can't ask for a better support group." Everybody who's on the team who's not playing basketball after this, we're going right up into the stands to watch them play.
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Everybody came out to watch us play volleyball. "We had some people doing gold medal shooting this morning, and we had a big support group there. "Whether you're playing a team sport or doing an individual event, you always have somebody behind you," she added. The Army team is also a family on and off the court, Hobson said. We had a 45-minute practice, and to come from never having played to a gold medal match at the United Center, you can't really ask for anything better than that." Our team had never played together until the first day before rounds started. It's a game about mistakes, and we just made a little more than they did. You can't ask for much but to hope that you make the other team make more mistakes. "We had some awesome blocks, and our serving was on point. Randi Hobson, Army team captain and returning player echoed her coach's pride. "Some of the Navy team have been playing sitting volleyball for a long time, so to see this team compete with them and hold their own, we know now just how good this team really is," she said. She said the strength of the Army team was its serving and being able to initiate an offense against an experienced Navy team. I'm just so proud of their effort and everything they've learned that they were able to transfer onto the court." "We only had one returning starter and one sub from our Warrior Games last year, so this is a brand new team. "They took everything we put together and executed very well today," she said. It's important to have that support system for when you step away from the games - to know you have family and friends when you're having a bad day."Īrmy coach Linda Gomez said she was proud of her silver-medal team and how they competed. We get there early so we can talk with each other. "We've been practicing together since November, and we're a team and a family both on and off the court," she said. She said the players also were good at reading what the other team was doing. She said the Navy's strength was ball control and having three contacts to set up the offense. "Army put up a great fight but our guys took it at the end." "We went point for point with them, but I kept reminding the team, especially during the timeouts, what was important was what we're doing on our side of the court - to refocus and remember our training and go back to the basics of volleyball," she said. Wagner noted that her team went undefeated the entire tournament and beat all of its opponents in two sets. I've been playing and training for five sports for the past 10 days, and I just turned 41. "A lot of able bodies couldn't keep up with us.
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Ryan said he and some of his teammates play in semi-professional wheelchair basketball leagues, and he's training to compete in biathlon. I stay in touch with a bunch of these guys throughout the year." Ryan Shannon, he was the best man at my wedding. No one here thought they were bigger than the team. "Everything we worked so hard for in the camps, all the sweat and blood that we left on the floor prior to coming here, it validated everything we did," Gilley said. He said the team's previous coach was focused more on the team playing six-on-six, but the new head coach, Bailey Wagner, had the players focus more on movements and drills to develop the players and get them to the next level. "It's a credit to our coach and our team," said Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Shane Gilley, who also played in the Warrior Games last year.