Monday, November 30, 2009
The basketball courts of the Student Recreation Fitness Center are traditionally home to epic pick-up and intramural basketball battles, but on Tuesday they received a bit of a makeover to accommodate the intramural indoor volleyball championships.
The first matchup of the night was between the Mathletes and Rough Sets for the co-rec championship. Rough Sets featured a partial squad of last year’s co-rec indoor volleyball championship team. The Rough Sets players, looking for a back-to-back championship, came in with a tremendous amount of confidence, but the Mathletes brought quite a bit of swagger themselves. The Mathletes had not lost a single set throughout the entire intramural season.
Championship results
Co-Rec: Mathletes defeat Rough Sets (25-18, 25-23)
Women’s: Notorious DIG defeat Pi Beta 2 (winner by forfeit)
Men’s: Afternoon Delight defeat Dominating the Hardwood (25-14, 25-21)
Greek: Phi Kappa Psi defeat Triangle (25-19,16-25, 17-15)
“We practice a lot together,” said Kendall Harris, Lawrence sophomore. “We run an organized system, and we all have our positions.”
The Mathletes continued their tremendous winning streak, using their team chemistry to crush the hopes and dreams of back-to-back intramural championship titles for the Rough Sets. They won in straight sets 25-18, 25-23.
The second championship game of the night was supposed to be between Pi Beta 2 and Notorious D.I.G. for the women’s volleyball championship. But, as in many of the brackets on the schedule for the night, there was a forfeit — probably because Thanksgiving break had already begun. Pi Beta 2 was a no-show, giving Notorious D.I.G., which consisted of merely four girls, the championship.
Next on the agenda was the men’s championship bout. This game featured Dominating the Hardwood against Afternoon Delight. Dominating the Hardwood came into the game with two players who had already captured that illustrious intramural champion T-shirt earlier in the night playing with the co-rec champion Mathletes: Harris and Drew Schelar, Lawrence junior.
Afternoon Delight had a few ringers of their own, however, as they came in with two players who were seeking their fourth-straight men’s indoor volleyball championship playing with the squad: Brad Jones, Topeka graduate student, and Michael Calvin, Topeka senior.
The intramural volleyball dynasty of Afternoon Delight appeared to be just a little too much for Dominating the Hardwood to handle, as Afternoon Delight came away with the victory in straight sets, winning 25-14, 25-21.
“We are all pretty experienced,” said Stephen Burtin, Topeka senior, who won his second straight championship with the team.
Burtin said that his teammates all had some experience playing sand volleyball and pick-up games in high school, and said he thought that they were really able to use that experience to their advantage.
The final championship game was for the greek championship. This matchup boasted Phi Kappa Psi vs. Triangle. The greek championships sometimes have just a little bit more edge to them and this was no different. Players from both sides spent quite a bit of their time on the floor diving after the ball. Players also spent a large portion of their time making sure that the referees were doing their jobs — players disputed a majority of the the calls. This was the closest battle of the night — it was apparent that both teams wanted the championship. It was the only championship to be forced into a third set, with Phi Kappa Psi finally capturing the victory.
— Edited by Brenna M.T. Daldorph
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