Volleyball

IBG 0910 continues on with volleyball being the main event today. With storm clouds looming over the horizon as the sun is nowhere to be seen in the early evening, shearites continue to stream into the volleyball courts with enthusiasm for the upcoming spectacle. It was not all skill and competition, but even more unforgettable experiences and memories being forged between the shearites gather at the court. The result of the night however still did matter, with the beekers taking the male championship after an enthralling encounter with the acers, and the female eekers triumphing in a yo-yo match against the beekers.

Guys Results
Eekers vs. Beekers
15 – 12. 11 – 15, 15 – 9

C-towners vs. Deeblockers
7 – 15, 14 – 16

Eekers vs. Acers
10 – 15, 15 – 10, 10 – 15

Deeblockers vs. Beekers
0 – 15, 7 – 15

C-towners vs. Acers
6 – 15, 6 – 15

Finals
Acers vs. Beekers
20 – 25, 25 – 16. 13 – 15

The match began with at frantic pace with the acers playing safe and hitting the ball over safely for most of the opening exchanges and drawing out mistakes from the beekers. However the beekers showed more assured handling of the ball, allowing them to break away and take the set at 25 – 20. The second set however did not see the continuation of the beekers’ hot streak, as the acers began to play with more confidence, as the seniors in the team began to assert themselves in the game with Dalun spectacularly spiking the ball at every asking. The acers led from the start till the end in this set and took it at 25 – 16. Into the last and final set, fatigue started to show on the faces of the players; however it was the grit and determination within themselves, and not forgetting the supporters on the sidelines that gave them the courage to fight on. With the points see-sawing between both teams till a stage of 12 – 12, it was turn for Jeremy of the beekers to serve. Showing conviction and belief in himself to make for some earlier errors, he hit 3 serves straight to take the final score at 15 – 13 leaving no chance for the acers who fought with all their might.

Girls results
Eekers vs. Beekers
11 – 15, 12 – 15

C-towners vs. Deeblockers
13 – 15, 8 – 15

Eekers vs. Acers
15 – 0, 15 – 3

Deeblockers vs. Beekers
6 – 15, 11 – 15

C-towners vs. Acers
15 – 9, 17 – 15

Finals
Eekers vs. Beekers
25 – 13, 24 – 26, 15 – 10

In a rematch of the preliminaries, eekers faced off with beekers once again. The long standing feud behind this two teams go way back, with the beekers beating the eekers in last year’s final. However the result was not as clear cut as it was this time around, with alumni Isabella back, the eekers’ team was given a much needed boost to prevent a similar result of the preliminaries. Eekers got off the tracks the quickest and was dominant from start to finish in the first set, with the beekers showing no response to the combination between volleyball captain Chermaine and Isabella. However the match took a turn with the beekers fighting back hard on the second set racing off to a 23 – 15 lead. However it was not a easy victory for the beekers, as the eekers showed immense determination and with Ke Er serving strongly, eekers manage to claw back to 24 – 24 stalemate. However the beekers were never going to let go of this set, and finished strongly at 26 – 24 after two wonderful plays. Going into the last set, both set of supporters and players smell of eagerness and anticipation, as what would the final result be. The two teams played brilliantly towards a 6 – 6 stalemate at the halfway point; however eekers found their winning rhythm once again with the team playing wonderful volleyball showing no weakness all of a sudden. Racing to a 10 – 6 lead, they never look back and close up with a 15 – 10 victory preventing a beekers’ clean sweep of today’s event.

Cheers once again to all the teams, and also supporters who made the gruelling journey down to SRC to support their fellow blockmates and the sport. Volleyball is one of Sheares Hall’s niche sport, so let us look forward to IHG and see our hall in action against the other halls as the best of all the blocks come together and form One Team Sheares.

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