Colorado University Athletics
SULLIVAN'S SPIKES: COMEBACK FOR THE AGES
Welcome to Sullivan's Spikes!
During the Olympic Games Erik Sullivan, the newest member of the
Colorado volleyball coaching staff, will give an insiders
perspective on Team USA's quest for a gold medal in mens'
volleyball in Athens. An eight-year veteran of the US
National Team, Sullivan is competing with Team USA in his second
Olympic games.
August 26, 2004
I don't even really know where to
begin. In the middle of last nights match, down 20-12 and two
games to one, I was thinking this entry would be more of a
reflection of my career and the excitment of the future of my new
career, but I guess it will have to wait a couple of more days.
Somehow we managed to overcome the deficit and pulled out a victory
in five games against a good Greek team and 10,000 screeming Greek
fans. We just kept telling ourselves that we weren't going to
give up and give them the match, that they had to earn it.
Little by little, they let us back in. What an exciting
way to earn the right to play for a medal. The only bummer of
the whole thing is we really have no time to celebrate the win.
We didn't get home until about 12:00 am and after therapy,
ice bath to try to get some life back in my legs, and some food, it
was 2:00 am and we had to try to get a few hours of sleep. Now we
have to focus on Brazil.
Today we have an apearance on the Today Show, some training and more therapy. Hopefully we can play a little better and challenge Brazil for a spot in the gold medal match.