THE RIGHT TOUCH -- Jaguar Ximena Guzman (4) taps a return. Jaguar Sofia Sotelo (10) and Knight Chemi Tanaka (9) look on. Diego Morales, Cooperative Jaguars extend streak, beat Knights 2-0
The Cooperative girls varsity volleyball team remained unbeaten with a straight sets win over Cambridge in their home gym Thursday, but had to stifle a serious rally by the Lady Knights in the second set to do it.
The match unfolded along what is becoming a pattern in encounters between the two teams over the past two seasons. The Jaguars took the opening set with consummate ease, breezing to a 25-13 win in a game that was never close. The Knights seemed lackluster and sleepy, letting balls drop between players because of bad communication, missing easy bumps, and driving spikes into the net.
In the second set the Lady Knights appeared much refreshed. Playing with renewed spark they battled the Knights evenly to 16-16, then took the lead 20-17.
The Jaguars clawed their way back, however, to lead 21-20, largely on the strength of captain Veronica Richter's booming, high-arcing serves.
The Jaguars worked the score to 24-21, but Cambridge picked up two more points before the home team could nail down the final point to take the set and win the match.
Though the two teams fought quite evenly, their records are now quite different. Cooperative is now 4-0, while Cambridge drops to, 0-4. "We have a good team," said one of the Cambridge players, "but something always seems to go wrong."
The Cooperative girls varsity volleyball team remained unbeaten with a straight sets win over Cambridge in their home gym Thursday, but had to stifle a serious rally by the Lady Knights in the second set to do it.
The match unfolded along what is becoming a pattern in encounters between the two teams over the past two seasons. The Jaguars took the opening set with consummate ease, breezing to a 25-13 win in a game that was never close. The Knights seemed lackluster and sleepy, letting balls drop between players because of bad communication, missing easy bumps, and driving spikes into the net.
In the second set the Lady Knights appeared much refreshed. Playing with renewed spark they battled the Knights evenly to 16-16, then took the lead 20-17.
The Jaguars clawed their way back, however, to lead 21-20, largely on the strength of captain Veronica Richter's booming, high-arcing serves.
The Jaguars worked the score to 24-21, but Cambridge picked up two more points before the home team could nail down the final point to take the set and win the match.
Though the two teams fought quite evenly, their records are now quite different. Cooperative is now 4-0, while Cambridge drops to, 0-4. "We have a good team," said one of the Cambridge players, "but something always seems to go wrong."
Griffin counterattack defeats Eagles 2-0
The International girls varsity volleyball team scored a straight sets victory over Christian Learning Thursday in their home gym, but to do it they had to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat in the second set.
The Griffins were in control in the first set, finally winning 25-18. The second set was quite a different story as the Lady Eagles took charge, and led 24-17, making a third set seem almost a certainty.
However, the Griffins then put on a tremendous display of discipline and grit to take the next nine points in a row and win the game 26-24, to win the match.
