{"id":289791,"date":"2018-12-05T06:06:04","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T20:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=289791"},"modified":"2018-12-05T06:06:04","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T20:06:04","slug":"mcs-sis-1-take-openers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mcs-sis-1-take-openers\/","title":{"rendered":"MCS, SIS 1 take openers"},"content":{"rendered":"
Mt. Carmel School varsity team\u2019s Francesca Bucalig, right, sets up teammate Louisa Han, left, while Eun Seo Choi looks on during their opening game against MCS junior varsity team in the 2018-2019 Commonwealth Coalition of Private Schools Association Volleyball League yesterday at the Knights court in Chalan Kanoa. (Roby N. Pamintuan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mt. Carmel School\u2019s girls varsity team and Saipan International School 1 drew first blood, as the high school division games in the 2018-2019 Commonwealth Coalition of Private Schools Association Volleyball League finally kicked off yesterday.<\/p>\n

The Lady Knights and Lady Geckos were among the eight squads scheduled to play in the opening day of the league that took a while to start due to the damage left by Super Typhoon Yutu on Saipan. With a longer than usual waiting time, all teams were eager to take part in the volleyball competition.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were really excited for this CCOPSA season, but then the storm came, and we weren\u2019t sure if the tournament would still be happening,\u201d MCS varsity team captain Louisa Han said. \u201cAfter hearing that the tournament was back up, we were really excited for this.\u201d <\/p>\n

MCS\u2019 varsity squad took on its junior varsity team at the Knights\u2019 grass court in Chalan Kanoa with the former staving off the latter in three tightly contested sets, 25-19, 21-25, 16-14. <\/p>\n

In the first set, the Lady Knights\u2019 teams exchanged leads until Eun Seo Choi hit four consecutive aces to help MCS\u2019 varsity squad secure the opener. MCS\u2019 junior varsity team then fought back in the second set behind the serving prowess of Kaia Travilla and Aleia Santos, who completed five and four consecutive serves, respectively, to contribute to the victory that sent the game into the deciding third,<\/p>\n

In the last set of the Knights\u2019 in-house contest, Teeon Camacho and Katelyn Rabang combined for nine aces, pushing the varsity team to a comfortable 14-6 lead. With the game on the line, the junior varsity squad\u2019s Gail Vidal caught fire from the server\u2019s line and delivered eight straight aces, which carried her team to a 14-14 deadlock. Vidal\u2019s efforts would ultimately not be enough to give them the victory, as the more experienced varsity team finished off their younger counterparts.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, SIS 1 and 2 also played their home openers yesterday with the former sweeping the latter, 25-22, 25-16.<\/p>\n

As for the remaining season-opening games, Grace Christian Academy\u2019s boys and girls teams were scheduled to face off Agape Christian School yesterday at the Eagles turf, but the pair of matches had to be rescheduled due to the unavailability of referees.<\/p>\n

Action in the high school volleyball will continue tomorrow with GCA\u2019s girl squad taking on SIS 2 at the Eagles home court at 3:30pm and MCS\u2019 girls junior varsity team hosting SIS 1 also at 3:30pm. For the two other matches, Agape\u2019s boys and girls team will square off against MCS (varsity team in the girls) at the Torchbearers court in Middle Road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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