Written by: Jacob Nevis
Southern is back in session for the winter semester, and with a new semester comes the start of another intramural sport: volleyball.
Volleyball is in full swing already, as it has started back up on the first day of classes.
There are six leagues in volleyball: men’s A-league, men’s B-league, ladies’ A-league, ladies’ B-league, co-ed A-league and co-ed B-league. Co-ed is especially popular in volleyball, with 29 teams participating in the co-ed B-league and nine teams in the co-ed A-league.
Volleyball is a very popular sport at Southern, with many students participating on teams and other students going to watch their friends play. Unlike last year, students are allowed to see the games in person and cheer for their friends. Many students are attending.
“It’s good to see so many people coming out to participate and spectate volleyball,” Troy Walker, the intramural director, stated about the season. “I really like the social interaction of volleyball.”
There are plenty of competitive teams playing the sport, while other teams are there just having a good time. When watching men’s/ladies A-league and men’s/ladies’ B-league, spectators will notice some differences in the players’ skills. The pace of the game is also very different. Some of the players in the A-leagues show their athleticism with how high they can get off the ground to spike the volleyball.
There were plenty of teams that started strong in their first week of play. In the men’s B-league, Los Tigres del Norte, OJ Beans and O’Block-ers won both of their games to move to 2-0. Over in the ladies’ B-league, the only team to win both of its games and stay undefeated was Nothing but net. In men’s A, Salt and Peppard was the team that started hot, while in ladies’ A, DNTS and Hit were the teams to also move to 2-0.
Co-ed has many teams that did not see a loss, and people who would like to see these scores and follow the volleyball season can go to IM Leagues and search for “Southern Adventist University.” Scores for all the games as well as the standings of all the leagues can be found there.
While the volleyball season has just started, students can expect many exciting games where players are having a lot of fun participating in Southern intramurals with their friends and competing against each other.