The Cooperative junior varsity girls volleyball team defeated Cambridge Thursday in straight sets in their home gym.
The Jaguars took the first set 25-16. The Little Lady Knights put up much more of a fight in the second set before losing 26-24. Cambridge actually was within a point of winning the second set when it led 24-23 before dropping three straight points at the end.
Griffins narrowly defeat Eagles
By Sung Eun Song
International School
The undefeated International girls junior varsity volleyball team had its hands full in winning its match against Christian Learning two sest to one in their home gym Thursday.
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REVERSE DEFLECTION -- Griffin Ciara Harriague (10) returns a ball with her back to the net. Jonatan Muñoz, International
At the beginning of the game, the International girls certainly seemed to be cowering before the Christian Learning girls. Perhaps the Griffins couldn’t concentrate on the game because some of the main players were absent. They made mistakes in passing the ball and receiving serves, and fouled up their own serving rotation. The Chrsitian Learning girls moved out to an early lead.
However, the International girls seemed to regain the advantage when when Pamela Suarez started serving. Her servies were so powerful that nobody could send them back. The Griffins began to catch up with the Eagles fast, and finally won the first set 26-24, a narrow margin after a close game.
As the second set began, the Christian Learning girls started to lead the game again. Eagle Rebecca Enns did an outstanding job receiving service, which seemed to cancel out International's advantage in that department, and was a key factor contributing to the Eagles’ winning in the second set 25-20. However, Lady Luck was on the Griffins’ side in the third set, in which they also seemed to get back in the groove from the service line. Ciara Harriague delivered a series of particularly effective serves, and the Griffins took the deciding set 15-5.
(Keith Wilcke of Christian Learning also contributed to this account.)
