BEIJING – Maybe it was the gutsiest Olympic performance Kerri Walsh and Misty May had left. Almost certainly, it was the last.

The greatest duo in beach volleyball history did what no other team had done before, seizing their second straight gold medal despite mush-pocked sand and a driving rain that drove a sellout crowd to retreat under ponchos and umbrellas. Walsh ended a pair of 21-18 set victories with a crushing spike between China's Tian Jia and Wang Jie, extending Walsh’s and May-Treanor’s stunning streak of consecutive wins to 108 matches and counting. (Yahoo! Sports)

Well if this Olympian success story doesn't provide inspiration for Sandman, Quick Serve, Big D, Altitude, and the rest of our Boettler Park Smash Volleyball Club...not sure what will. We've got one final outdoor outing till we all take the courts- indoor- and begin our quest to become reigning champions of the Chapel's 18+ co-ed volleyball league.