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HS Rocball has four-way tie in second place
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Posted on Nov 15 2005
Ochobu survived a late charge by B-n-S and edged their opponents courtesy of an impressive run in o-kon to bag their second win of the season yesterday at the Marianas High School Gymnasium.
The win resulted in a four-way tie in the No. 2 spot as Ochobu, B-n-S, Black Magic, and the Lagooners each sport 2-1 win-loss cards. The teams are just a half game behind defending champion Mwaliyas, which sit with a 3-0 record.
As reported earlier, Ochobu headed into the final set of regulation with a 40-29 lead.
The lead and their comfort zone, however, was quickly smashed as B-n-S dug themselves out of a hole and dominated the fourth set to force o-kon.
B-n-S almost stunned Ochobu, coming close to actually rallying and winning the match in regulation. After taking the set, 17-8, the team cut their 11-point deficit to just two points, 46-48. Had the team added three more points to the difference of the set, they would have pulled off the win.
Nonetheless, B-n-S was happy to have forced overtime and seemed to be in control of the first o-kon set. With momentum in their corner, B-n-S dominated the early goings and was a point away from forcing another o-kon set as they led, 9-2.
They were never able to convert for another point after that as Ochobu recovered and retaliated with an 8-0 run to close the set and win the match, 10-2.
Ochobu dominated the first set Monday for a 16-7 win. B-n-S retaliated with a stronger charge in the second set as Charles Mesik connected for a goal to highlight a 15-8 victory, slicing the deficit to just two points, 22-24.
Ochobu rebounded and took the third set, 16-7, to set the stage for yesterday’s action.
Ochobu’s David Tisa led his team with 12 points eight points courtesy of an ace, a xunk, and four kees, while Ichnis Kapwich has four kees for eight points.
Myron Laniyo was the game’s heavy hitter and paced B-n-S with two aces and five kees for 14 points while Lori Taisacan, Melvin Seman, and Alex Laniyo contributed with six points apiece.
Round four kicks off today at 11:30am featuring Black Magic and Lagooners.
For more information, contact Rocball founder James Feger at 664-3810.
