LANCASTER EARNS SHARE OF GOLDEN LEAGUE TITLE.Byline: GIDEON RUBIN Special to the Daily News LANCASTER -- Lancaster High girls' volleyball standout Roxy Neely is an accomplished martial artist who has the ability to overwhelm o·ver·whelm tr.v. o·ver·whelmed, o·ver·whelm·ing, o·ver·whelms 1. To surge over and submerge; engulf: waves overwhelming the rocky shoreline. 2. a. opponents with an explosive jump serve. But with her jump serve not working Thursday night in a pivotal Golden League match against Littlerock, she turned to a float serve that produces knuckleball-type movement. The adjustment worked, as Lancaster scored 11 points on Neely's serve in the decisive fourth game of an 18-25, 25-9, 25-23, 25-11 victory. The Eagles (11-3, 10-1) clinched at least a share of the program's first league title. ``It's really exciting, people will remember us now,'' said Neely, a powerful 5-foot-7 setter setter: see sporting dog. setter Any of three breeds derived from a medieval hunting dog that would set (lie down) when it found birds so that it and the birds could be covered with a net. Setters have long hair on the ears, chest, legs, and tail. , whose martial arts This is a list of martial arts, broken down by region and style. African martial arts Eritrea
 `dō), sport of Japanese origin that makes use of the principles of jujitsu, a weaponless system of self-defense. last year and earning a black belt in tae kwon do tae kwon doKorean martial art resembling karate. It is characterized by the use of high standing and jump kicks as well as punches and is practiced for sport, self-defense, and spiritual development. In sparring, blows are stopped just short of contact. when she was 12. Neely finished with five aces and 21 assists. Seferina Starks had eight kills and 14 digs and Ashley Robinson Ashley Robinson (born August 12 1982) is a professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Seattle Storm. She formerly played for Chicago Sky and Phoenix Mercury. She is 6ft 4in. Robinson attended college at Tennessee and graduated in 2004. had eight kills for Lancaster, which had never finished better than third in league before this year. Littlerock (6-4) was led by Nicole Castreilon, who had 10 kills and eight digs, and Brittany Sousa, who had 14 assists, four aces and two blocks. Lancaster's championship run is especially impressive, considering it returned just three players. ``These girls were the underdogs all season long and they kept pulling upset after upset, so this is really nice to see,'' Lancaster coach Dave Gutierrez said. gideon.rubin@dailynews.com (661) 267-7802 |
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