{"id":413292,"date":"2024-09-20T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=413292"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"MHS-topples-GCA-in-girls-v-ball-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/MHS-topples-GCA-in-girls-v-ball-start\/","title":{"rendered":"MHS topples GCA in girls v-ball start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Marianas High School Lady Dolphins started the season on a high note as they brought down the defending champions Grace Christian Academy from their pedestal in three thrilling sets of the NMIVA-PSS Interscholastic Girls High School Volleyball League 2024-2025 last Tuesday at a jam-packed MHS Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-time champions GCA have a new look this season as they are now coached by Joe Saures after the retirement of long-time coach Cesar Libut. The team also has new recruits, while their star player Azriel Fatialofa has moved to Saipan Southern High School.<\/p>\n<p>So, it was evident from the first serve that the Lady Dolphins\u2014last season\u2019s runner-up\u2014had a hunger that they looked to satiate. They dominated the first set, 21-16, as the Lady Eagles looked for their rhythm but struggled with the new dynamic.<\/p>\n<p>MHS\u2019 hard-hitters Rizza Relucio and Erica Zandueta led the squad through the first set with ease, as GCA fell quickly, 5-10. GCA tried to get back into it with great service by Tae Hee Kim, but they were still short, 6-13. MHS then took it all the way before the Lady Eagles could really get going.<\/p>\n<p>But the Lady Eagles found their groove in the second set, 21-13, and forced a tie-breaker\u2014which was the fourth game that went to three sets in the league\u2019s opening night.<\/p>\n<p>Back-and-forth action made it anyone\u2019s game, but MHS prevailed, 15-10, as they came out hitting with more aggressiveness and made fewer errors than GCA.<\/p>\n<p>With Relucio and Zandueta in the MHS team are Cassie Regan, Sheira Dela Rosa, Jayme Vargas, Airianna Estrada, Ella Hall, Direnalyn Castro, Fiona Regan, Savita Sikkel, and Charlotte Amano.<\/p>\n<p>The Lady Eagles with Kim are Mariana Angeles, Beatrice Fabre, Sofia Gomez, Eunji Hahn, Sarang Kim, L.J. Libut, Alyssa Omampo, Eliane Pagaduan, Eunice Pagaduan, JoAnella Yarofalir, and Dianna Zheng.<\/p>\n<p>In other results that night, MHS II outlasted Kagman High School II in three tough sets, 17-21, 21-16, 15-11; MHS III silenced Saipan International School II, 21-7, 21-12; Saipan Southern High School II lost to Mount Carmel School II, 21-18, 21-12; KHS slipped past MCS, 21-17, 20-22, 15-8; and Agape Christian School beat SSHS also in three sets, 21-16, 15-21, 3-15.<\/p>\n<p>Games are played every Tuesday and Thursday. The championship tournament is slated for Oct. 23-25.<\/p>\n<p>Results of last night\u2019s games will be posted in the next issues of Saipan Tribune.<\/p>\n<p> <figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/12ce96bd88ade248b4c27155c9d47e62.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>Marianas High School&#8217;s Airianna Estrada goes for an overhead serve during the first set of their match against Grace Christian Academy of the NMIVA-PSS Interscholastic Girls High School Volleyball League 2024-2025 last Tuesday at a jam-packed MHS Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p>-LEIGH GASES<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/23c9eb10a898090f24e38ff4ae69a896.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>Marianas High School&#8217;s Erica Zandueta leaps up at the net for a return as a Grace Christian Academy player waits during the first set of the NMIVA-PSS Interscholastic Girls High School Volleyball League 2024-2025 last Tuesday at a jam-packed MHS Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p>-LEIGH GASES<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Marianas High School Lady Dolphins started the season on a high note as they&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-413292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413292","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\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}