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| TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE --Griffin fires a kill on artful set-up by Hans Hoffman (1) but scoreboard shows Jaguars have decisive 19-10 lead in second set. Jonatan Munoz, International |
Jaguars break through to win
After fighting their way to a narrow victory in the opening set, the Cooperative boys junior varsity volleyball team seemed to get the wind at its back and defeated International going away in the second set to win the junior varsity championship Thursday evening in the International gym.
The two closely matched teams battled mightily in the first set, which was marked by long rallies and tremendous defensive efforts. The Jaguars led in the early going, but the Griffins came back and had the lead at 18-17. After that the two teams moved in lock-step tying six times until at 26-all Cooperative finally put together two points in a row to win the set 28-26.
Somehow seemed to break the Griffins spirit, and they seemed to lose focus at the start of the second set, allowing the Jaguars to sprint out to a 7-1 lead. The Griffins were unable to regain momentum and the score moved to 16-6 in favor of the Jaguars, then 20-11, and finally 25-14.
The Jaguars got strong serving and almost flawless floor play from Luis Peredo and Agustine Velasquez. The Griffins were paced by the artful setting of Hans Hoffman and German Ferraris.
