Braving torrential rains and fierce competition, Faulker bumped, set and spiked their way to winning the single elimination tournament Tuesday night, to complete the 5th Annual Coors Light Co-ed Beach Volleyball League season on the sand court behind the Pacific Islands Club.<\/p>\n
In the final round of tournament play, Faulker downed the only team to finish the regular season with a better record than them, the unrivaled Team 9. In a showdown of the first and second place teams, it was the second place Faulker that outplayed the regular season champs by crushing them 15-8.<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t supposed to happen this way for Team 9, a squad that had gone a perfect 7-0 since losing their first game of the season against the Rusty Slinkys. A serious bunch of competitors, the 9 were uncharacteristically loose during the game, often joking and laughing. <\/p>\n
All of the action got underway when the two teams tied for the final playoff spot engaged in a one-set battle to determine the final seed in the tournament. The Rusty Slinkys fought a close game that went into extra points against That\u2019s Not Yogurt to edge them by a 16-14 score. By virtue of their victory, they earned the chance to face Team 9 in the first round. The only team able to beat the 9 this year was the Slinkys. It stood to reason that they might have been able to knock them off in the tournament as well. <\/p>\n
The Slinkys were in the midst of making real their visions of an upset victory. Up by a 5-0 score, one third of the way to victory, they fell apart and Nine-time was able to escape a 15-13 scare to advance to the next round, just moments ahead of the foul weather.<\/p>\n
In the next game, one of the powerhouses of the league, and a favorite to win the season, the fourth place Cyphers were perhaps caught off guard by the effects of Gansha, as the fifth place team pulled out the narrow 17-15 win. Playing under skies that released more water than a crying Tammy Faye Baker certainly had an effect on both of the teams, but the entire season schedule was played through weather in which a postman might venture.<\/p>\n
In another upset of the tourney, Givity dropped Cleveland Steamers by a surprising 10-point margin. If you ask him, PIC Clubmate Nan Intharaluk will tell you that rain is his kryptonite, but one player a team does not make. Unless your team is Faulker, and your name is Eddie Kim. <\/p>\n
After his team vanquished Government Cheese 15-6 in the opening round, Kim served all 15 of Faulker\u2019s points to dominate Givity in the second round, 15-1. <\/p>\n
Team 9 smoked Gansha in the second round (15-8) to face Faulker in the finals, but apparently Gansha had lingering effects, and they lost for only the second time all season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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