Eagles shock Griffins with 2-0 victory
The Christian Learning boys volleyball team shocked the previously unbeaten International team with a no-nonsense straight sets victory that catapulted the Eagles into a two-way tie with the Griffins for first place.
The Eagles, clearly feeling more comfortable playing in their own gym, showed outstanding play as a group in the first set, winning 25-13. The confidence the Eagles had built up carried over into the second game, in which International tried to recover. The Griffins play improved, but the effort was not enough, and Christian Learning won 25-22.
It could be seen that the Eagles have been working and practicing to surprise other teams.
Sometimes it seemed as if the Eagle boys simply would not let the ball hit the floor on their side. Kyle Swope made some great saves on balls that International appeared to have tipped into an undefended zone. Danny Canaviri made some great serves for the Eagles and Esteban Eguez hit well from the front line.
International’s best spiker, Pablo Muñoz, was almost neutralized by the artful blocking of Eagles Tim Swope and David Lotz, who always seemed to be coming up in front of Muñoz on the other side of the net.
However, the most important factor was Christian Learning’s ability to function as a team, helping each other out, and anticipating each other’s moves. It required a very disciplined effort to beat a very good International team that had zoomed through its three previous games, losing only one set and outscoring its opponents 153-111. International won the first meeting between the two teams in straight sets.
-- This story was written from reports by Claudia Pantoja of International School and from coaches.
Cambridge forfeits to Co-operative
From coaches' reports
The Co-operative boys varsity volleyball team won its match with Cambridge Thursday by forfeit. An official from Cambridge called Co-operative shortly before game time to say that Cambridge did not have enough players to field a team. The forfeit, which is scored 25-0, 25-0, gave the Jaguars their first victory of the season, making their record 1-2. Cambridge's record fell to 0-3.
