GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL: GENE'S TEAM TESTED EARLY.Byline: ERIK BOAL Special to the Daily News Gene's Team entered the U.S. Junior Olympics with the knowledge that nine victories would produce a 17-under Open Division championship. It didn't take long Sunday for Southern California's top- ranked 17-under girls' 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. team to realize there would be no free passes along the way. Gene's Team, based in Pacific Palisades Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m). , concluded the first day of competition at the Georgia World Congress Center The Georgia World Congress Center or GWCC is the major convention center in Atlanta. It is the fourth-largest convention center in the United States at 1.4 million ft2 (130,000 m2) and hosts more than a million visitors each year. in Atlanta as one of eight in the 28-team field with an unbeaten record. But if their first match was any indication, it could be a grueling gru·el·ing also gru·el·ling adj. Physically or mentally demanding to the point of exhaustion: a grueling campaign. gru final three days for hall of fame coach Gene Selznick and his nine players. Led by Jesse Yeager (Oak Park/Pennsylvania), Cathy Quilico (Westlake) and Thousand Oaks' Tori Boden and Deanna Elias, Gene's Team survived a battle with Indiana's Circle City in its pool-play opener to prevail 25-18, 25-15, 20-25, 12-25, 15-8. Gene's Team, ranked fourth nationally in the 17-under division by PrepVolleyball.com, then defeated seventh-ranked A5 Mizuno of Georgia 25-20, 19-25, 25-20, 27-25 to remain tied atop its seven-team pool with No. 9 Milwaukee Sting. The Sting and Gene's team play at 10:30a.m. PDT PDT abbr. Pacific Daylight Time PDT Pacific Daylight Time PDT n abbr (US) (= Pacific Daylight Time) → hora de verano del Pacífico PDT today. Gene's Team also is scheduled to play Kansas' Topeka Juniors -- ranked 23rd -- at 6:30 a.m. In the 18-under American Division, San Gabriel San Gabriel (săn gā`brēəl), city (1990 pop. 37,120), Los Angeles co., SW Calif.; inc. 1913. Fabric, furniture, paper products, tools, and aircraft parts are manufactured. Roshambo -- featuring six area players -- also began its tournament with two victories, joining 10 others in the 48-team field that remained undefeated. San Gabriel opened with a 25-16, 25-27, 15-13 victory over Iowa Rockets, followed by a 25-22, 23-25, 15-6 triumph over Ohio's Team Atlantis. |
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