{"id":2611,"date":"2012-02-11T06:38:34","date_gmt":"2012-02-11T06:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newspaper.ctsi-logistics.com\/?p=2611"},"modified":"2012-02-11T06:38:34","modified_gmt":"2012-02-11T06:38:34","slug":"gca-gets-revenge-over-sis1-in-girls-volleyball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/gca-gets-revenge-over-sis1-in-girls-volleyball\/","title":{"rendered":"GCA gets revenge over SIS1 in girls volleyball"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>By Walter J. Sutherland<br \/>\nReporter<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/imgupload\/issx9999ns116458.jpg\" alt=\"Grace Christian Academy's Michi Tenorio, seen here in a file photo, sends over a spike during the Lady Eagles' first MISO girls volleyball match against Saipan International School's varsity squad last month at the Marianas High School Gymnasium. (Walter Cepeda Sutherland)\" width=\"78\" height=\"100\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0 The Grace Christian Academy Lady Eagles upset erstwhile frontrunner Lady Geckos of Saipan International School (SIS1) in Thursday&#8217;s Marianas Interscholastic Sports Organization girls volleyball league held at the Marianas High School Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p>SIS1 started strong and took the opening set, 25-15, but GCA roared back and stole the second set, 25-23.<\/p>\n<p>The Lady Eagles then pulled off the upset in the final set, 15-12, to avenge its lone loss- coincidentally against the same Lady Geckos-during the first round of the season<\/p>\n<p>GCA is now tied with SIS in the standings as both teams now hold identical win-loss records of 9-1.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Kagman High School&#8217;s Lady Ayuyus bested MHS&#8217; Junior Dolphins (MHS2) on Thursday. KHS won the first set, 25-15, but stumbled in the second set, 17-25, before grinding out the win in the final set, 19-17.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, back on Tuesday, KHS was defeated by MHS1 in all three sets, 25-10, 25-11, and 15-12.<\/p>\n<p>MHS&#8217; Varsity Lady Dolphins (MHS1) swept SIS&#8217; junior squad (SIS2) in all three sets, 25-17, 26-24, and 15-8.<\/p>\n<p>SIS1 fended off MHS2 on Tuesday in all three sets, 25-3, 25-10, and 15-10.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, third-ranked MHS1 improved its card to 8-2, while SIS2 evened its record to five wins with a handful of defeats; KHS holds a 4-6 slate.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Saipan Southern High School (0-10) and Marianas Baptist Academy (3-7) have pulled out of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers have moved up Tuesday&#8217;s matches up to 4pm when GCA hosts SIS2 on the north court with SIS1 taking on KHS on the south end; both MHS squads are on a bye.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Walter J. Sutherland Reporter \u00a0 The Grace Christian Academy Lady Eagles upset erstwhile frontrunner&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}