Can't get much closer
Jaguars squeeze by Knights -- 25-23, 26-24
From coaches' reports
In a match that was if anything even closer than the scores would indicate, the Co-operative junior varsity boys volleyball team outdueled Cambridge Wednesday afternoon at the Jaguars gym.
The junior Jaguars won the first set 25-23, and then sneaked by in the second, 26-24.
The pattern of the second game, though, was not in the usual one in close contests, in which the teams take turns holding one- or two-goal leads. Instead, Cambridge would squirt out ahead, and then Co-operative would battle back.
Cambridge led 8-1 and 15-10 in the early stages of the second game. Co-operative did not actually tie the game until the score was 16-16, at which point the Knights jumped ahead again, only to be tied at 20-20.
Cambridge then once again went ahead, 24-22, but couldn't finish the set off. The Jaguars finally got the lead, 25-24, and then came through to win the final point-- and the match.
Both teams showed sharp improvement over their play earlier in the season.
