Spiked Punch

Spike Punch welcomed Nathalie back this week and went with a seven player rotation.

The first game took place on court six against the color coordinated Bottom Feeders. Despite the very solid play of SP early in the first game, the Bottom Feeders got off to an early lead. Some great volleys were exchanged in the first game, but the early deficit was too much for the Punchers to overcome with the Bottom Feeders taking game one.

Games two and three were probably Spiked Punches finest games of the season. Superb overall team play with some excellent volleys gave the Spiked Punch crew two very decisive victories. I won’t point out any individual efforts in these two victories as it was truly a fine team effort. Got to admit that while watching you guys play while being rotated out was very fun to watch. You’ve all really come a long way and should be proud of your play, especially in those two games.

Our next match was against the top ranked WMA squad with the tardy smoking ref and a borderline illegal player participating. Game one was a real battle. Spiked Punch hung in there all game with the strong WMA squad, it was neck and neck most of the way. But WMA showed why they’re the top team taking the tightly contested battle.

Game two against WMA was a bit rough for Spiked Punch. WMA really played well throughout the game and took it rather handily. Not deterred by the loss, Spiked Punch came back fighting in the third game of the night. However on this night their efforts wouldn’t be enough as the mighty WMA took all three games.

WMA proved to be a very good team, good serves and very solid volleying. Despite the loss Spiked Punch did put up some solid games and proved that we can compete with the best BB has to offer. I know we went a combined 2-4 on the night, but I was very impressed with the play of Spiked Punch. Especially the first four games of the night.