{"id":423601,"date":"2024-11-26T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=423601"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"GCA-fly-to-1st-win-in-girls-v-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/GCA-fly-to-1st-win-in-girls-v-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"GCA fly to 1st win in girls v-ball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grace Christian Academy Lady Eagles flew to their first win in the NMIVA-PSS Interscholastic Girls Middle School Volleyball League 2024-2025 last Thursday at the Marianas High School Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p>The defending champions found themselves in a rut early in the season, but bounced back with a two-set victory over the Tanapag Middle School Tatagas. Led by captain Breanna Lopez, the Lady Eagles soared to a 21-17 first set win.<\/p>\n<p>The Tatagas had a height advantage with Aaleyah Fatialofa, who towered over the players on the court. She dominated at the net, scoring points for TMS with powerful kills. However, GCA\u2019s better-managed returns and fewer errors allowed them to take the first set by four points.<\/p>\n<p>The second set was a much closer game as TMS inched toward a comeback and a tie-breaking third set. GCA drew first blood, but the Tatagas quickly overpowered them to sport a 5-1 lead.<\/p>\n<p>However, GCA\u2019s chemistry was more pronounced in this matchup as they tried to turn things around and halt TMS\u2019 bid for a tie-breaker. After a few mistakes in TMS\u2019 returns, GCA got back in touch as they rallied and were within two points, 6-8. Fatialofa was a menace and swung the momentum back in their favor though from face-melting serves that put them up, 12-8.<\/p>\n<p>But TMS fell off the tracks later in the game as the Lady Eagles put all their skills in overdrive and won, 21-18.<\/p>\n<p>GCA\u2019s roster includes Anne Arriola, Charlotte Figueroa, Hanbyul Jang, Mikheala Kim, Sarang Lee, Breanna Lopez, Celine Mondido, Adele Raho, Stacey Ramos, Ameree San Nicolas, Chloe Shin, and Keala Takeda.<\/p>\n<p>In other results that day, Francisco M. Sablan Napu Riders took down Chacha Ocean View Middle School Lancherus, 21-5, 21-15; Hopwood Middle School II beat Saipan International School II, 21-18, 21-16; and TMS II defeated FMS II in a tie-breaking third set, 21-17, 19-20, 15-12.<\/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\/6b396d68a12c156cd7c8eb4f2d42a0ad.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>Grace Christian Academy\u2019s Sarang Lee locks in during her serve in their game against Tanapag Middle School in the NMIVA-PSS Interscholastic Girls Middle School Volleyball League 2024-2025 last Thursday at the Marianas High School 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\/8e26d68ee65c26fa797cd8fe5a10115a.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>Grace Christian Academy players huddle around their coach, Cecile Guevarra, during one of their games in the NMIVA-PSS Interscholastic Girls Middle School Volleyball League 2024-2025 last Thursday at the Marianas High School 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\/f4db9ce9a4d76ac9d78c8ea6640fc494.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>A Tanapag Middle School player dives for a return during their game against Grace Christian Academy in the NMIVA-PSS Interscholastic Girls Middle School Volleyball League 2024-2025 last Thursday at the Marianas High School Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p>-LEIGH GASES<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grace Christian Academy Lady Eagles flew to their first win in the NMIVA-PSS Interscholastic Girls&#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-423601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423601","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=423601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423601\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}