VALENCIA SPIKED SAUGUS GETS BENEFIT OF REPLAY IN WIN SAUGUS 3, VALENCIA 2.Byline: Ramona Shelburne Ramona Shelburne is an American sports journalist currently writing for the Los Angeles Daily News. Shelburne was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California where she was a class valedictorian. Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - Not even the referees could clearly explain the call at first. And Valencia never recovered from the confusion. The Vikings thought they had won a point for which the judge eventually called a replay. Some clothes strewn strew tr.v. strewed, strewn or strewed, strew·ing, strews 1. To spread here and there; scatter: strewing flowers down the aisle. 2. along the sideline sideline See on the sidelines. had impeded im·pede tr.v. im·ped·ed, im·ped·ing, im·pedes To retard or obstruct the progress of. See Synonyms at hinder1. [Latin imped play, the official ruled. Defending Foothill League champion Saugus took the momentum from the call in the fifth game and ran with it, winning the league-opening match 15-7, 15-13, 7-15, 6-15, 15-6 at Valencia. ``Well, that was definitely an odd call,'' Saugus coach Bobbi Estes said. ``But it isn't my team's fault that the clothes were in the way.'' Nor did the official think it was the fault of Julia Bradley, the senior outside hitter for Saugus who ran out of room trying to track down a ball hit by Valencia's Carolyn Cornelius. The replayed point kept Saugus ahead 1-0 in the fifth game instead of facing a 1-1 tie, and the Centurions (3-3, 0-1) took full advantage of the shift in momentum as they went on a 6-0 run fueled by three consecutive aces and a kill by Bradley, who finished with 12 kills and three blocks. For Valencia (3-3, 0-1), the fifth-game meltdown meltdown Occurrence in which a huge amount of thermal energy and radiation is released as a result of an uncontrolled chain reaction in a nuclear power reactor. The chain reaction that occurs in the reactor's core must be carefully regulated by control rods, which absorb was characteristic of the match, and their season as a whole. A spectacular play was followed by a loss of focus. ``You see flashes of greatness from this team and you'd like to see it happen more often,'' Valencia coach Ray Sanchez said. ``We just came off of a great win against Ventura last week, but we didn't do anything as well today as we did against Ventura.'' On Tuesday, the Vikings' passing attack looked unfocused un·fo·cused also un·fo·cussed adj. 1. Not brought into focus: an unfocused lens. 2. early on as they dropped the first two games 15-6, 15-13. For the match, the Vikings had 12 hitting errors and nine missed serves. ``We just couldn't get our offense going,'' Sanchez said. ``But there was no panic when we went down 2-0.'' The teams reversed roles in the third and fourth games as Saugus gave back its two-game lead with sloppy slop·py adj. slop·pi·er, slop·pi·est 1. Marked by a lack of neatness or order; untidy: a sloppy room. 2. passing and defense and Valencia's offense began to manifest its explosive potential. The Vikings battled back behind senior outside hitter Janelle Watterson, who had 16 kills and four blocks, and senior middle blocker Tierra Burnley, who added seven kills and seven blocks. Saugus' Casey Riedel finished with 11 kills and four blocks. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Saugus' Casey Riedel (8) tries to block a shot by Whitney Robertson of Valencia on Tuesday. Tom Mendoza/Associated Press |
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