The Teachers survived the Benchwarmers in the deciding Game 3 of their semis series to punch the last ticket to the finals of the 2014-2015 Saipan Rocball League.<\/p>\n
The Teachers, composed of Tyce Mister, Nick Gross, and the husband-and-wife tandem of Jacoby and Kathy Winkfield, pulled off a 49-23 overtime win against the Benchwarmers last Tuesday at the Marianas High School last week to set a finals date with the Veterans.<\/p>\n
Game 1 of the best-of-five title series will be played on Monday.<\/p>\n
Game 3 of the Teachers-Benchwarmers semis showdown went to overtime as the latter came back to life in the fourth set with a 13-5 win. The Teachers swept the first three sets, 12-0, 12-5, 13-3, but failed to get the juiced-out win as the Benchwarmers fought back in the last set. After four sets, the Teachers led, 42-21, but since Rocball rules allow the leading team to win if it also prevails in the fourth set, the game had to be played in overtime.<\/p>\n
In the extension, the first team to score 6 points while in service wins. The Teachers got its sixth point, but it was off the Benchwarmers\u2019 service so the former needed another point to take the overtime victory, 7-2, and wrap up the semis series.<\/p>\n
The win was an upset for the Teachers, as they entered the semis series seeded fourth, while the Benchwarmers were ranked first after going unbeaten in the regular season.<\/p>\n
The Benchwarmers then absorbed its first loss in the league after the Teachers won Game 1 of their semis fuel, 54-30, The Benchwarmers averted a Teachers sweep, prevailing in Game 2, which also went in overtime, 56-49.<\/p>\n
Earlier, the Teachers\u2019 finals foes, the Veterans needed only two games to eliminate Local Motion and marched into the finals first. The Veterans won Games 1 and 2 last week, 56-28 and 47-41.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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