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September 1, 2011

JV Girls Volleyball

Jaguarettes win 2-0 over stubborn Knights

      The Cooperative junior varsity girls volleyball team overcame a recalcitrant Cambridge team in lrge part on the strength of superior serving, and won the opener of the season 2-0 Thursday afternoon in the Jaguars’ gym.
      Cooperative got out to an early lead in the first set, but the Knights fought back and closed the gap at the end of the set. However, the Jaguars were finally able to nail the set down 26-24.
      In the second set Cambridge jumped out to an early 12-5 lead, but a series of scorching sidearm serves by Jaguar Bruna Paz, delivered with meticulous accuracy, turned the game around. By the time Paz finally missed the score was 16-12 for the Jaguars.
      Cambridge seemed to lose concentration, and the Jaguar serving attack continued. Fabiana Andrade fired three strong serves that moved the Jaguars into firm control of the game at 23-16, and then Cooperative took the two final points in longer rallies to win the second set, and take the match, 25-16.


Griffins JV sweeps past Eagles
By Sung-Eun Song
International School
The International JV girls volleyball team outlasted the Christian Learning Center team on Thursday afternoon at the International gym, 25-9, 25-11.
The Griffins came out strong in the first set. They jumped out to a 18-6 lead, forcing the Eagle girls to take a timeout. However the timeout didn’t work as Griffins kept rolling, finally winning a 16-point decision as the first set ended in a flash, 25-9. The huge factors on this grand victory of Griffins were Ciara Harriague and Pamela Suarez. The standout of the Eagles was Shekineh Miranda.
     In the second set, the Griffins girls again opened with an early run of their own, breaking open an 9-3 lead with two kills from Ciara Harriague. Throughout the game, all the Griffins showed exellent serving, passing and spiking which accounted for their dominance. In the end the Griffin girls grabbed a 25-11 victory, taking the final point on an Eagle setting error.