January 18, 2005
Sandinista Falls to Bottom of League
CHICAGO (January 18, 2005) /DHC Wire/ -- Riding high after its first-match win, Team Sandinista fell hard in their second match of the season, losing all three games to the top-ranked Bump, Set, Drink. The loss puts them in a three-way tie for last place in ranking points, dead last in terms of points scored. Ironically, Sandinista's points-for/points-against ratio, 33-87, is exactly opposite B,S,D's.
"Those guys really surprised us," said Andrew Huff, starting front right for Sandinista. "They didn't look all that special in warm-ups, but they all could spike, and did so regularly. It took us a game just to figure out where their weak spot was."
Sandinista scored just one point in the first game, but nearly took the second, thanks to some great serving and improved spike management. Rookie Andy Hodapp is proving himself a monster at the net, capably blocking as well as delivering a few spikes of his own.
In game three, the spector of poor serve return loomed again, and Sandinista was again held to just one point.
"I got nailed again," Huff said. "I'm not getting down fast enough on short serves, and I was having trouble getting to ones that were off to the sides. I'll be working on that in our next match."
Sandinista plays a fellow last-place team, Kiss My Pass, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, January 25, in the Windy City Fieldhouse.