Some lucky Cardinal athletes found adventure and competition abroad over the summer.
Members of the men’s basketball team, along with coaches and families, traveled to Costa Rica for team bonding and exhibition games. In addition to victories over a pair of Costa Rica’s top professional teams — Roswell (W 63-60) and San Ramon (W 78-74) — the team enjoyed whitewater rafting, zip lining, and saw a volcano and hot springs.
Members of both the men’s and women’s tennis teams, coaches, and relatives traveled to Italy for sightseeing and exhibition games unlike anything they have played before — on red clay courts, a surface that most Otterbein players had never been able to hit on before. (Clay courts accentuate spin and put a higher premium on both slice and topspin.) The group had free time in Rome, Vatican City, and Florence.
