Monday, April 27, 2009
Hwachong volleyball got off to a flying start for their A division campaign as they cruise to 25 -7 25 - 6 straight sets victory. A sturdy defence and a clinical attack was what formed the foundation of this victory.
Soon kian keong, Tan Ruiyang, Yu Chenxing, Wincoln Tham, Galvin Lim, Melvin Goh and Samuel Ng started the first set. Despite several hiccups in the initial stages of the game which saw yjc almost catch up at 4-3, Hwachong began pulling away with several excellent serves from Samuel. This coupled with some good attacking work by melvin and Galvin ensured that hwachong never needed to step up the gear to achieve victory. Samuel impressed with his intelligent play and the set was wrapped up by Ruiyang who sent a spike down the line.
Wholesale changes to the lineup were made in the second set with Glenn, Lennis, Kuan He, Zijie, Wincoln, Kenneth and Chen Xing playing. Several good serves by Kenneth coupled with impressive attacking play by Kuan He and Lennis saw Hwachong race to a 5-0 lead. However this was eventually cut short due to miscommunication between Glenn and Zijie which resulted in a stray ball landing on our court unsaved. Hwachong quickly recovered with Glenn and Lennis linking up for a successful quick attack and started to pull away. Two successive blocks by Chen Xing and Zijie ensured that Hwachong took a 7 point lead at 9-2. This lead was immediately extended by Kuan He who demonstrated his serving prowess, this created confusion among the yjc team as they simply had no answers for his Jump Floats which was hugely unpredictable in its flight patterns. Chen Xing found himself in impressive form as his offensive blocks ensured that Hwachong established an unassailable lead of 15-3. The Yjc attack simply could not find a way past his outstretched arms as he single-handedly halted their attacking moves. Yjc managed to salvage a point when a drop shot by them landed on our court unsaved. This brief respite was ended in the next move as Kenneth won back our serving rights with a cross court spike. With the game at 19-4, Hwachong refused to step off the pedal and pressed on for the win, an excellent dig by wincoln broke up the attacking play of Yjc and this enabled kenneth to link up well with Glenn, although Yjc managed to save his crosscourt shot, Chen Xing was at hand to ensure that the point was ours with yet another block. The next point was won by Kenneth who sent a clinical spike following a quick attack by the very impressive chen xing. Chen Xing then completed his sterling performance with an ace serve to keep hwachong on course for victory at 22-5. The game was finally wrapped up as the opponent failed to deal with the ball sent over by wincoln following excellent defensive work by Glenn.
The next game will be against tjc on the next monday. Go Hwachong.
life can be a burden, but dun ever give up