Yuying drub Presbyterian High (Black) 2-0 in U-16 volleyball

Story by reader Claira Ng. Photos by Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports.

Hougang Sports Hall, Sunday, November 9, 2008 – Yuying Secondary beat Presbyterian High (Black) 2-0 (25-11, 25-8) in a Round 2, Group Y match at the 2008 National U-16 Girls Junior Volleyball Championship.

The first set began with many serves going out of bounds. PHS #14 served an out ball to give Yuying the first point. However, Yuying #13 returned the favour by serving an out ball as well. PHS’ early serves all went out of bounds, giving Yuying a comfortable 7-3 lead.

Yuying #17 then served a fast and powerful serve, leaving PHS #2 unable to receive it. But after this minor set back, PHS gained three points with their #13 serving up some strong balls which Yuying failed to retrieve.

At the 9-6 mark, the service aces came to a halt when PHS #14 spiked a ball out.

Yuying were soon leading 11-7 and they extended their lead to 12-7 when PHS #14 missed a spike by Yuying #18.

Earning many points for her team was Sophia (Yuying, #18) with her towering presence in the centre difficult to overcome. Yuying eventually climbed to 20-10.

Sophia (Yuying, #18) then finished the set off with a strong spike to win 25-11.

Yuying took the first point in the second set when the PHS #16 was unable to receive a spike. Aisyah (Yuying, #13) served two aces after that to give her team a 3-0 lead. The scoring streak did not stop as Aisyah earned three more points to bring the score to 8-0. Employing a side spin in her serves, it gave PHS much difficulty, forcing the PHS coach to call for a timeout after the players failed to receive several serves.

After the timeout, PHS scored their first point when Sophia (Yuying, #18) spiked a ball out. PHS #14 had the service, but missed the chance at scoring more points when she served the ball out of bounds.

PHS earned only their second point at 2-12 when Min Li (Yuying, #17) spiked into the net. The PHS #13 then scored for her team with a powerful spike to make it 3-12, marking the first point in the set won by merit.

However, Yuying’s lead was stretched even further when Sophia (Yuying, #18) served several fast aces and Yuying soon lead by a commanding 20-5.

After a rally, a shot by PHS saw Aisyah (Yuying, #13) and teammate #5 try to save the ball but miss. But Sophia (Yuying, #18) won another point with her powerful spike, the ball brushing the hands of the PHS #10 while the latter was trying to receive it.

Leading 23-6, it was the turn of the Yuying #11 to serve. However, she did not nail it, giving PHS a point to make it 7-23. However, the lead was just too big for PHS to catch up with and the PHS #13 missed a spike to gift the the set 25-8 to Yuying.

Final score: 2-0 (25-11, 25-8)

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