The Purples took first in the Lower Division Bracket at Regionals this past weekend. Here is a very brief summary (details and stats added after the Punisher’s stomach lining recovers). The team traveled to Cypress College on Saturday and suffered the “Cypress Curse” during the first match. After losing the first game due to service errors, the Purples couldn’t get anything going and lost the second game by a fairly wide margin. After a nice long break and a ‘pep talk’ by the Purple tree (yes it is purple). The Starlings came back rejuvenated and took care of business winning the next 2 matches in 3 games. The Starlings finished 2-1 in match percentage, but finished 3 because of game percentage; thus sending the Purples to the lower division Regionals Bracket It was ironic as in other tournaments, the Starlings finished as high as 2nd with a 1-2 match record. Such are the rules.
On Sunday the club traveled to Club West, a facility similar to Rolling Hills prep, but with MUCH BETTER floor quality. The Starlings came out fired up and took care of business in pool play, going 3-0 in Match play and placing them in the Championship Bracket. It was a bit nerve racking as there were no SCVBA officials for our match, the teams had to do the reffing, and the over-worked SCVBA officials on site were a bit late in getting the information to the teams.
The semi final game was won 25-22 (score may be corrected later as Punisher has misplaced the stats) and after a short break the Purples went to face High Tide in the Finals–a team that gave the Starlings a bit of trouble.
Needless to say that the Starlings won!
Congratulations to the Purples!!!!
Details in a few days.