With two seasons of shame behind us, the beavers were ready to turn things up. The fall season got underway last night at the Pavillion with a 3-game set at 6:30 against Players Gone Wild. Let me tell you something, I was expecting a team of college aged kids bringing their A-game, since that is what seemed to be for every team in the summer. What we got, was a bunch of middle-aged men and women who barely had a grasp on the fundamentals of the game. However, they gave us a good challenge the first two games. It seems to be that we don’t get warmed up until the third game.
In game one, I lost the paper rock scissors pre-game challenge that determines court side and first serve. Being that the game was at 6:30, it was key that I win since the sun shining from the west blinds the team on the east side of the court. So I lost and of course Players chose the west side, leaving us to stare in the sun. We fell to an early deficit and trailed by 4 or 5 points most of the game. In the end though, we fought back and won 21 – 19.
The second game was our chance to take a two game lead since the Players would now have to deal with the sun. However, this was not the case as one of their players and some kind of mystical serve that nobody could manage to return. With the score 15 – 6, Peimann called a time-out to break the momentum. The beavers gathered their composer and returned to the court ready to go. We returned the next serve and eventually took the point and it was our turn to serve. Score: 15 – 7. It was Amanda’s turn to serve, who is always consistent with the underhand approach. Let by Amanda’s serving skillz, the beavers ran for 13 straight points. Score: 15 – 20. The Players scored another before blowing their chances for a comeback. Final score, 16 – 21 Beavers.
During third game, the Beavers continued with the momentum. Amanda started us off serving and quickly but us up by four. Almost every beaver served for a few points when it was their turn and we never looked back. Peimann would score our final three points to finish the Players off. The final score was something like 21 – 10.
So we won three games, that is the first time the Beavers have ever pulled that off. Also, we are on a winning streak, a first as well. Also, we are undefeated, granted it has only been one week.
