POLY, SYLMAR ROMP TO ADVANCE TO FINAL.Byline: Heather Gripp Daily News Staff Writer The top seeds proved their rankings were no mistake as they won easily Tuesday night in the City Section 3-A girls' volleyball semifinals at Poly High. No. 1 Poly defeated Bravo BRAVO Cardiology A clinical trial–Blockade of the GP IIB/IIIA Receptor to Avoid Vascular Occlusion– which evaluated lotrafiban in preventing strokes and acute MI. See GP IIB/IIIA. 15-2, 15-8, 15-2, while No. 2 Sylmar beat Franklin 15-6, 13-15, 15-9, 15-8. With a strong team performance, the Parrots
``It feels great,'' said junior Gaby Gallardo, who led Poly with 11 kills and three aces. ``It's just a feeling you have to experience to know what it is.'' Sylmar (13-3) faced a tougher road to the finals, but came through when it had to. ``It's been really hard for us to get this far, but we did it,'' said Sylmar senior 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. Sandra Smiley See emoticon. smiley - emoticon , who contributed 35 assists. After a first game in which the Spartans dominated, Franklin stepped up its play. Serving woes and poor communication resulted in the Spartans' first game lost in the postseason. ``We didn't pass the ball very well,'' said Sylmar coach Bob Thomson Robert 'Bob' Thomson was an English footballer who played during the early 20th century, mainly prior to World War I. Playing as a forward, Thomson carved out a career in the game despite having only one eye, resulting from a childhood accident with a firework. . ``That led to a lot of easy points.'' The Spartans were visibly frustrated frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: when they opened the third game with a 2-0 deficit, but smiles returned to their faces when they took the lead, 5-4. ``We were like `we gotta got·ta Informal Contraction of got to: I gotta go home. do this,' '' Smiley said. Franklin remained within sight but never held a lead again the rest of the match. At the center of Sylmar's comeback was sophomore middle blocker Kassandra Jimenez, who had a team-high 15 kills and nine blocks. ``That was a big difference,'' Thomson said. ``We were able to attack in the middle.'' Saturday's championship match against Poly is one the defending-champion Spartans are looking forward to. ``It's going to be a fun final,'' Thomson said. ``We're loking forward to a second chance at them.'' The teams split two meetings during the regular season, with the Spartans taking the first match 3-2 and the Parrots taking the second 3-0. ``It should be pretty close,'' Smiley said. |
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