SOUTHERN SECTION VOLLEYBALL TITLE ESCAPES ROYAL.Byline: Lee Barnathan Daily News Staff Writer The Royal High School 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. team failed in its attempt to win the Southern Section Division I title, as Brigham Young-bound Jon Alleman had 27 kills and Kyle Anderson had 18 kills to lead Esperanza (19-1) to a 6-15, 15-5, 16-14, 15-13 victory Saturday at Cypress College Cypress College is a community college located in Cypress, California. Opened on September 12 1966 , the southern California college offers a variety of general education (51 associates degrees), transfer courses (58 transfer majors), and 139 vocational programs leading to . Marc Chaffee led Royal (20-1) with 24 kills and John Baxter had 77 assists. ``We couldn't stop No. 15 (Alleman),'' Royal coach Bob Ferguson said. ``We tried different things, and we didn't dig him very well. We didn't block him very well. We haven't seen a player like No. 15 all year. Nobody was close to his ability.'' Nor could Royal stay close to its own passing ability consistently. ``When we were passing poorly,'' Ferguson said, ``it made it a lot easier to block us.'' Royal was going for its first Division I title after having won twice each at the Division II and Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. levels. ``So close,'' said Royal defensive specialist Dan Wilson Dan Wilson may refer to:
``They stepped it up,'' Wilson said. ``We felt pretty confident after the first game, and even after losing the second game we felt we were good enough to come back and win.'' Esperanza and Royal had split in two previous matches in the final. The Highlanders won a five-game contest in 1992, and the Aztecs, led by former UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX standout Paul Nihipali, defeated Royal in three games in 1983. The Highlanders served strongly in the first game, as David Clark David Clark or Dave Clark can refer to different people:
Ryan Denihan (20 kills) was the top hitter for Royal, getting six kills on the new lob (1) See BLOB. (2) (Line Of Business) Refers to people, job titles and product lines, all of which pertain to a specific product or service area of the business. set Ferguson installed this week. Chaffee added four kills, while Nick Flanagan Nick Flanagan may refer to:
Esperanza, in the second game, figured out Denihan's set and blocked him three times, twice by Chad Willardson. This left Flanagan as the main option, and he came through with five kills for Royal in the second game. ``Oh my gosh! That was unbelievable,'' Wilson said of the net violations. ``A couple of times, we'd get a good point or a good sideout. I thought that could have taken some emotions from us.'' Esperanza stopped relying on Alleman and started setting other options. Alleman and Dan Harrington For other persons named Dan Harrington, see Dan Harrington (disambiguation). Dan Harrington (born December 6, 1945 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) is a professional poker player. Harrington is a former champion backgammon player, U.S. had three kills apiece in the second game. In the third game, which lasted 45 minutes, Herzer blocked Alleman and then Anderson for a 2-0 lead, and Royal stretched that advantage to 4-0. Esperanza later went ahead 14-12 but Royal tied the score on a Chaffee kill and an Esperanza net violation. Alleman and Anderson blocked one each to give the Aztecs the third game, in which each team was called for two yellow cards. |
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