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Da Lani Kynez close to victory
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Posted on Oct 30 2006
Members of Da Lani Kynez seem to be on their way to a sweet debut in the regular season of the World Organized Rocball Community League.
The team dominated the first two sets and lead, 46-49, after three sets of play against Black Magic yesterday at the Marianas High School Gymnasium.
Da Lani Kynez opened just the way they wanted to, taking the early lead with solid play in the opening set before closing with ease for a 17-9 win.
The team was able to increase its lead in the overall tally by again controlling the following set for a lopsided 17-5 win. At that point, Da Lani Kynez was ahead by 20 points, 34-14, in the overall point tally.
Determined to put up a better performance, members of Black Magic began to gain momentum as the team worked up their best push in the third set. John Nekaifes was able to get the ball past the goalkeeper for a goal, highlighting Black Magic’s charge that brought them closer with a 15-12 victory.
With that, Black Magic cut the deficit to 17 points, 29-46, heading into the fourth set.
Da Lani Kynez was up 7-2 in the set when the game was halted as time expired. The bout resumes today at 11:30am.
Myron Laniyo currently leads Da Lani Kynez with 14 points courtesy of an ace, two xunks, and four kees, while older brother Alex has 12 points on four aces and two kees.
Elly Apilis leads Black Magic with six points on an ace and two kees.
Black Magic must win the set to stay alive and force overtime. In Rocball, if the team trailing heading into the fourth set wins the set, the game will go into overtime, even if the team still trails. If the team trailing wins the set and surpasses the opposition’s point total, they win the match.
Da Lani Kynez must win to prevent an overtime session. If the teams go into overtime—o-kon in Rocball terms—then the team leading only needs to win a set, while the team trailing must win two sets. An o-kon set is won by the first team to reach 10 points or score a goal.
Rocball action continues tomorrow with Bwibwii and Watch & Learn making their regular season debuts.
For more information on the World Organized Rocball Community League, contact sport creator Jim Feger at 237-3235.
