U 16 Boys Vollayball: Hillfield Strathallan College 3 St Andrews College 0
By: Brock Camden
On a rainy Saturday morning, the St Andrews College Saints of Aurora played Hillfield Strathallan Trojans at Hillfield. Both teams were determined to win because the winner moved on to the playoffs and the loser went home knowing their season was over.
On their home floor, Hillfield got off to an early 9-2 lead. Hillfield’s number 22 Cody Overell sacrificed his body diving across the court numerous times to win some key rallies, Hillfield took the first set 25-11.
The second set proved to be the same, as the Trojans took a 10-2 lead. St Andrews coach gave his team a pep talk and the Saints mounted a comeback with Hillfield leading at 14-12. It was not quite enough as Hillfield took the second set 25-19.
St Andrews was determined not to lose without a fight. The Saints took a 7-2 lead over the Trojans with St Andrews’ number 1 Eric Murkle leading the charge. With some more gravity defying plays and unstoppable serves by team captain Colin Babington, the Trojans forced St Andrews to call a timeout when HSC takes an 8-7 lead.
The game went point for point until it was 17-17. The Saints pulled away to get HSC on edge with a 20-17 lead. When the game got to 23-20 for the Saints, Hillfield’s coach Mark Moore called a timeout. This helped HSC to get within 1 at 24-23.
Felling the pressure, St Andrews called their final timeout of the game. This set could have easily gone either way, but Hillfield came out on top winning 26-24.
As Hillfield’s Colin Babington put it “The first 2 sets were great for us and in the third we had to come back twice, but we did it and it shows what this team is made of.”
Hillfield moves on into the playoffs next week; St. Andrews’ season is over.
Saturday October 25, 2008
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