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BOYS' VOLLEYBALL: LOYOLA AVENGES ITS LONE DEFEAT TO H.-W. CUBS MOVE INTO TIE FOR LEAGUE LEAD.


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STUDIO CITY -- It took the Harvard-Westlake of Studio City boys' volleyball volleyball, outdoor or indoor ball and net game played on a level court. An upright net, 3 ft (or 1 m) high, the top of which stands 8 ft (2.43 m) from the ground for men, 7 ft 4 1/8 in (2.  program a decade to get a taste of being at the top of the standings.

That flavor lasted a little more than a month since beating nemesis Nemesis (nĕm`ĭsĭs), in Greek religion and mythology, personification of the gods' retribution for violation of sacred law; the avenger. Sometimes she was said to be the goddess of good and ill fortune.  Loyola of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  on March 22 for the first time in the school's past 99 Mission League meetings.

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The loss dropped Harvard-Westlake into a tie for first and marked the team's first league loss this season with two more league matches remaining.

The Cubs (22-6, 9-1) took the last three games of a match that could possibly decide the league title after the Wolverines (15-6, 9-1) had a 2-0 advantage.

"The way Loyola came back had to do a lot with us beating them the first time we played them (this season)," said Nigel Dookhoo, the Wolverines' coach. "They were angry. We had a chance to put them away and sweep them, but that chance disappeared."

Loyola put the match out of reach in the fifth game behind several key blocks and kills from middle blocker Jimmy Hirschmann.

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, holding through three match points, but a Hirschmann kill ended the match, prompting the Loyola bench to storm the court and celebrate.

"I just wanted to end the thing," Hirschmann said. "I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed)

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 where we got the motivation but I'm glad we did. Maybe it was from losing to them for the first time."

The match featured both teams exchanging point-after-point. Neither team trailed by more than four points throughout the match.

"We thought we could beat them, we had the momentum," said Harvard-Westlake's outside hitter Clark Porter, who finished with 12 kills. "I think we got tired and couldn't keep up at the end."

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Date:Apr 27, 2007
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