{"id":384294,"date":"2023-01-30T06:00:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T20:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=384294"},"modified":"2023-01-30T06:00:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T20:00:59","slug":"tomodachi-nakama-still-unscathed-in-roccball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/tomodachi-nakama-still-unscathed-in-roccball\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomodachi, Nakama still unscathed in Roccball"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nakama and Sufa in action in the third round of Roccball\u2019s round-robin season of games for 2023 last week at the Marianas High School Gymnasium.(CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the third round of Roccball\u2019s round-robin season of games for 2023 last week at the Marianas High School Gymnasium, teams and players are beginning to distinguish themselves as competitors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And last year\u2019s champion Tomodachi and first runner-up Nakama remain undefeated at three wins and no defeat.<\/p>\n

In Roccball\u2019s innovative types of plays and unique scoring system which surpasses volleyball\u2019s one point per play activity in a team net sport of this type, there were 46 two-point plays which included 38 aces, four xunks, and four kees, and 14 three- point goals scored. The volleyball type of one-point floor scoring was not recorded.<\/p>\n

The team that scored the most points in a game in Round 3 was Tomodachi. Tomodachi continued their three-game winning streak by defeating the Bandits, 51-8. Team Nakama stayed undefeated by outscoring Team Sufa, 48-25. Teams Lotus and Team Dusty Feetz won their third round games by defeating Teams I\u2019d Hit That and Phan Gott, 46-18, and 33-20, respectively.<\/p>\n

After three rounds of competition, Team Tomodachi leads the league in three-point plays with seven goals scored, and they lead in two-point plays with 19 ace serves and four two-point backcourt plays made by a team\u2019s goalie known as a kee. The heavy hitter of Round 3 was Juniel\u00a0 Magtales of Team Tomodachi with two aces, one kee, and two goals scored for a total of 12 points. (PR)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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