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Adapting to the Green Wave ways: high school to college athletics

Freshman middle blocker Dayna Kern moves towards the net to bump the ball. Tulane Volleyball lost to the Houston Cougars 3-2 on October 7 in Devlin Fieldhouse.

Freshman punter/kicker Zachary Block and freshman middle blocker Dayna Kern have experienced this transition this semester. Between balancing classes, new friendships and a rigorous schedule of practice and games, Block and Kern have had a lot to manage in their start to college.

From Clermont, Florida, Block was a three-year letterman at East Ridge High and committed to Tulane last January.

Kern, from Vancouver, British Columbia, who led her team to a U18 Canadian National Championship, had another level of transition coming to a new country and leaving her loved ones behind.