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Volleyball success

Congratulations to our Senior Boys Gold Volleyball team for winning the Senior East Blue Division on Monday. We played our final vs. Macleans College B and it was an epic encounter. Macleans defeated us in a close match during Round 3 so it was always going to be challenging.

We won the 1st set 25-19 even though we got off to a shocking start, being down 4-8 early on. Macleans won the 2nd set 25-17 thanks to an improved energy from their part and some simple serve errors by us.

The deciding set saw Macleans with a lead of 8-5 and then 14-11….. a timeout was called and the team refocused. Receive, pass, hit and let the outcome decide itself. The boys sounded confident and we won the next point, 12-14. We were fully engaged now and grabbed match point with a 15-14 lead. Service error! 15-15. Controversial call! 15-16 to Macleans and another timeout. Service error by Macleans! 16-16.

Step up, Year 10 Roniti Teiwaki. He smashed his 1st serve and Macleans struggled to control it, giving us an easy possession. Receive, pass, hit, POINT! 17-16 to us and match point once again. Roniti smashed his 2nd serve even harder and it dipped late to cause Macleans to make a mess and the ball went sailing out of court and the match was won.

A great victory and the boys are champions.

 

Team members:

Cheong, Brian 13DNN
Florendo, Patrick 11GNS
Godinet, Sam 13GNS
Grant, Genesis 11GNS
Halafihi, Peter 12BRN
Ioane, Isaac 13GNS
Locquiao, Franz 12DNN
Ngan Woo, Paul 13CLE
Tangifua, Philip 13LIS
Teiwaki, Roniti Jnr 10GNS
Tualagi, Tristan 10CLE