Week 10 Recap
Week 10 had us relocate our games to the Pier in Ventnor. It was pretty cool playing right on the beach. The nets were a lot lower than the tennis court nets, so it gave some of us shorter folk more opportunities for some aggressive net play.
Our opponent this week was the heavy serving crew from Lew Mar. We had previously met earlier in the season with Lew Mar taking the series 2-1. They were short a girl, but we allowed them to play all their guys and not have to play short handed with a rotation. Perhaps that wasn’t the best of decisions as the night played out.
Game one was an excellent game. Lots of hustle by everyone really made for an exciting game. It was very close throughout with some standout play by Eric really slamming down some points. Those spikes came from the hard work and solid sets and bumps with Maribel, Nathalie, and Rich really standing out. Joe even sold his soul for a spike late in the first game. In the end, Spiked Punch hung in there and closed out Lew Mar for a tough win.
The second game was a bit rough for the Punchers. Lew Mar had some outstanding well placed serves. They really painted the lines freakishly well at times during the night. Lew Mar was the more aggressive team at the net during this game, with Joe taking a rocket nearly to his face that when it was done orbiting the moon deciding to landm on the pier. Spiked Punch fell down by a pretty big margin and wasn’t able to recover with Lew Mar taking the second game.
Game three was simply a serving clinic by Lew Mar. They literally picked us apart with their serves. Their serves were simply dominant and we didn’t come up with an answer for it. They took the game rather handily. Despite the two tough losses we did play very solid in the first game and should look to carry over that performance next week to wrap up the regular season.