Redbirds get jiggy with it, and biff before ooohing and ahhhing

More fun with Illinois State, and thank goodness because they're ain't a whole hell of a lot else going on in college volleyball right now.

Peggy Riessen brings us update #6. If you'll recall from yesterday, she was the one who froze on top of a pole at the European ropes course. Today she and the rest of the Redbird gang went to the beach, where the team helped Jess Pratapas overcome "her fear of seaweed."

Ah yes, the little-known sigmundaphobia.

As with many players on their trips overseas, Riessen was surprised to find rocks instead of sand on the beaches, but now you know why their pro beach players look so rough. The rocks proved tricky, and apparently Riessen wiped out, which is a nice follow-up to the pole-top freeze-up.

Later that night everyone went to to a club to dance the night away. A "club"? What happened to using the word "disco"? Is this a part of Europe that's evolved out of the '70s?

There was mucho dancing at the "club," but unlike the last time, there were no referees showing libero Kasey Mollerus their "Spanish flair."