In an early season match-up Team America dispatched Safe Sets three games to none last night.
Team America looked good early, easily winning the first game. Dominating from the outset it was obvious that America had ironed out rotational wrinkles that resulted in losing a game in last week's match. Game two started out similarly, with America coming out hitting and extending their lead after falling behind 2-0 early.
America played at a higher level defensively, with multiple players registering blocks. Jim Jacobsohn, a.k.a Captain America, registered his first career block and also a double team block with setter Steve “Tron” Veltman. When asked about it later, Jacobsohn responded, "I'm just happy to be here. Hope I can help the ballclub." Bryan Stroh is also credited with a number of single blocks and did an excellent job of making tackles in open space.
Not to be outdone the women of Team America put down vicious spikes. Ali "Line Judge" Jacobsohn sent a ball viciously across court, momentarily causing the opposing player to pee themselves. When questioned later about the incident the Safe Sets player responded, "If peeing in your pants is cool, consider me Miles Davis." Strong side hitter Brooke "So much more than a creek" Strathman lead the way in kills, literally. When asked about the incident Joel "Mathlete" Toledo said, "Brooke killed a guy. Actually I've been meaning to talk to her about that. She may want to lay low for a while. Stay with some relatives nearby or a safehouse. She's probably wanted by for murder."
The early lead proved to be fleeting as a combination of tough serving, sloppy serve receive and Mathlete coming up to set out of service position allowed Safe Sets back into the game. Team America survived the run but was down 14-11 at that point. Strong serves from Kristin “Skewers” Ewers and Sarah “Bizmarck” Colton brought them back along with strong digs by Matt “I try to touch tall things” Lehman. The highlight of the night came when Team America was at game point and Bryan “Macho League” Stroh announced his presence with authority and ended the game with a spike.
**Correction: When Team America was down 10-14 it was Matt "Furby" Lehman that rattled off five consecutive serves to bring us back. The defensive pick ups were made by Kristin and Sarah.**
Game three started with mass confusion, as Safe Sets went into a hurry-up no huddle offense and caught Team
America with a bad defensive package on the field.
When asked later about the debacle, defensive coordinator Veltman just responded by saying “I blanked.”
Finally able to compose themselves, Team
America went on to win the third game in rally scoring.
When asked at the post game news conference, Matt “Tall Things” Lehman summed it up best, “Let’s go drink.”
Next week – bye week.
2 comments:
p.s. This is a volleyball game.
A+ for innovative use of movie quotes.
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