Nerve-breaking
kill attacks, smashes, spikes, and flares made the Kingfishers of Notre
Dame of Dadiangas University (NDDU) as the ruling champion in the friendly
match of men’s volleyball during the Notre Dame Educational Association
Friendship Game ’13 against the hardened players from Notre Dame of Tacurong
College (NDTC) Lions, trailed in NDDU Campus on October 23 with an outscored
sets of 2-0: 25-18, 25-22 under complex
match points.
As the
Kingfishers grabbed the limelight in their successive wins on the same date;
defeating the Notre Dame of Kidapawan College (NDKC) with a straight two sets,
another overwhelming victory they blasted in the final face-off against NDTC which
ended within their control. An off-speed error from the Lions concluded the
declaration of Kingfishers as the winner.
Both
teams were hungry for scoring to prove their supremacy on the court. The
Kingfishers played 1:1 ratio with the Lions as they shook off the cobwebs in
set 1, reigning with quick push of the ball over the net while leaving the opponent
gasping for breath, 15-9. Aiming to drive an earnest game, the NDTC returned
with aggressiveness that added more stress to NDDU. Players exhibited long
rallies that made the crowd went wild. It continued up to tie up period 16-16,
but the smart fake-toss of Kingfishers crushed the deuce in 25-18.
The
match concluded in set 2 where visible errors displayed: service and reception
errors, due to the fact that championship title laid upon their hands. Players
with win-win attitude showcased skills in the end line: forcibly dig and spike
the ball to gain every point. Finally, the tight match ended as the NDDU
Kingfishers took successive overhand pass with gnashing of kill attacks that
resulted to 16-14. An error from the NDTC added one point from the 24 score of
NDDU to a winning score of 25.
“We
really prepared for this game; we practiced for two weeks, in-house training to
have team building, and develop trust for one another.”, Web Galzote (no. 15),
one of the star player of the champion team. The game ended nothing but basic
form of sportsmanship and friendship. Both teams congratulated one another and NDDU
Kingfishers attested their superiority in volleyball tourney.
Jonnafe Mae A. Prongco
