Playing three matches in less than 48 hours is a tough ask of college volleyball players. The fatigue and the pain take their toll on both on the court and off.
“I’m ready to collapse every time,” said Arizona junior middle blocker Devyn Cross. “Tendonitis in my knees doesn’t necessarily help, so it’s pretty much my body is just kind of like...you need to go lay down for the next two days and not doing anything, which is usually what happens. I’ll just spend the rest of Saturday and Sunday laying in bed.”
Cross and her teammates pushed through it last weekend, though, getting off to a 3-0 start to season at the Hornet Invitational.