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Show ay 16, 2013 ARMY CONTINUES WINNING STREAK P. VALDEZ/U.S. Air Force Spc. Salaia Marshall, Army, sends the ball over the net as U.S. Air Force players attempt to block the shot in the third set of the last match of the Armed Forces Women's Indoor Volleyball Tournament on May 12. Women's and men's champions, all Army; as Air Force women and Navy men take silver BY MARY Lou GORNY Hilltop Times editor T he Armed Forces Indoor Volleyball Tournament concluded with its last two matches on Sunday afternoon with strong showings in the men's and wornen's division by Army teams who took gold. The Army women defeated the Air Force women's team after losing the first set, 1925, by changing the momentum in the second set, 25-15, and taking a win after hard-fought lengthy plan in the third, 25-20, and settling it once and for all, 25-17 in the fourth. Army coach, Sarah Lusk, credited play by Spc. Camille King, who played the swing position after moving to that role in camp and coming out with a lot of energy in the tournament when it was needed. She also praised her setter, Spc. Ettie Punimata. "The way she set up certain types of plays in the right moments went down in the right moment, kept the ball in play at the right moment. She was a real decision-maker out there," said Lusk. Asked about the hard fought game with the Air Force, Lusk said, "I expected them to come out strong." The women's Army team won gold two out of the last three years and Air Force took gold last year, so she expected the rivalry to continue. In men's play Army came out and took the first set, 25-19, against Air Force. Army and Air Force then played a second set in which Air Force put up some strong play but ultimately fell, 25-21 and then settled into the final set, with an Army win at 25-14. Angel Rivera, coach for the Army team, thought his team played well, in part, because they had played together for the past two years. "This is one of the teams that I have had the strongest players," said Rivera. "They play different positions," he said, indicating the flexibility of their skills in adjusting to what is needed. "I think the whole team is strong, not just one person or two." As for their performance in the second set, Rivera said a real game changer was when one of his players successfully blocked the ball for the first time (in the match), and that got his players fired up. "From that second set, the momentum turned and it made a huge difference in the united team effort," said Rivera. See STATS I page 9 CCAF GRADUATION TODD CROMAR/U.S. Air Force The Community College of the Air Force graduation noted the accomplishment of several enlisted members of the Air Force on April 30 at The Landing. 7 |
