More Tennis, More Shopping and Some Cookie Dough

After a wonderful day off to rest, we ended the next day by playing the University of Chicago. We were hoping to have a very close match with them but we struggled under the night lights. The team overall, still competed hard. That night the team ate a lot of cookie dough and s'mores to get over the loss.

The following day we took advantage of the (again) beautiful weather by first going to the men's match against Souix Falls. Number 3 dubs was, once again, undefeated. After a couple hours we left the match early to shop at the Tanger Outlet mall. This mall had really nice stores like Coach and Juicy Couture. Jackie and Bree spent so much money that the outlet gave them an adorable free tote bag!

After a nice lunch outside and afternoon at the beach, the two tennis team showered up for a nice dinner on the docks of Hilton Head. The women looked beautiful, as usual... The boys... Well, they wore jeans. But we all enjoyed some delicious food and good times on our last night in South Carolina. The next morning we first drove to a recycling plant and recycled all of our plastic and glass bottles, Coach took three U-turns to get to a Starbucks for coffee, and only THEN did we drive 17 hours back to Oberlin!

It is sad to say that this will be my last day in Hilton Head, South Carolina with a team as wonderful as this one. Who knows when or if I will ever be back to see this area. Even if I never get to come back, I'll always hold memories of this team and how wonderful the people are. I'll remember Bree's laugh, ridiculous cheering, and feeding the seagulls, Jackie's hilarious faces, Liv's ability to always keep fighting on the court, Jane's "sparkles", Kelly's inability to finish her singles matches under two and a half hours, Sarah's sarcastic comments to Bree's craziness like "I hate you more than anyone..." and her dance when she was asked to guard the kitchen, and Marta's love for all food. We have a great team this year... Not just great players who can compete and always strive to improve but also GREAT people.