The tournament was held on pier 32 or 34 - just under the Bay Bridge. It was a little overcast in the morning, but quickly burned off and turned into a wonderful day. It would have been fun being there for each day of the tournament, but we had so much other stuff to do and see that we just went to the final day. I don't recall who was in all the games, but the first was a mens game to determine 3rd and 4th place. The second was the women's equivalent and it was a blow-out. After an hour or so break, it was the men's final followed by the women's final. Toby could probably tell who all played, or i could post a link to the AVP site, but i'll leave that up to anyone who's interested.
So here comes the funniest part of the day. We were being pretty good about drinking water throughout the day and so invariably the time came to run to the restroom. Right as the men's final completed, Sus and i headed down to the porta-potties. We got down there, and there was a huge line already formed, so we hopped in line. I had grabbed the camera just in case we saw any of the players close up and after a little while of standing there, here comes a lady with a Hilton shirt and fake tattoo on her arm (a tattoo for Hilton) - obviously one of the players. She headed through the line and went to the players tent which was in the corner. She looked around for something, then started heading back - so being the paparazzi that i am, i pulled out the camera and was doing my best to sneak a picture of her. No dice, the camera was trying to decide what to focus on, and didn't take the shot. As it turns out, since i was so madly trying to get her picture, a hole opened up in the line in front of me and she walked right through. I don't recall exactly what she said, but i responded with something like "yeah, and i didn't even get the shot off" - so she asked if i wanted to have my picture taken with her. Of course i did, so Sus took the camera and snapped a pic of the two of us. Once we're done, i sheepishly admitted that i had no idea who she was. She comes back with, "i'm a coach". Doh ... after all that, all i get was a picture of me with some coach. After taking care of business, we went back to our seats and i told Toby and Lynne'e about it. They laughed at me and the situation. At first i thought she was the coach for Misty May and Kerri Walsh, but after further review, figured she is the coach for Elaine Youngs and Nicole Branagh. Once i got home, i did some looking online, and found her name is Liz Masakayan - she's a really accomplished volleyball player. So in hind sight, it was really cool to meet her, i just wish i had known who she was in the first place ...
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