Presbyterian High fall to Unity Secondary in U-16 volleyball

Story by REDintern Rachel Ariel Lim. Photos by Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports.

Hougang Sports Hall, Thursday, October 30, 2008 – Presbyterian High (PHS) had their title hopes dampened after losing 0-2 to Unity Secondary (9-25, 13-25) in a Group A Match at the 2008 National Under-16 Girls Junior Volleyball Championship.

PHS had a good start, scoring the first point but Unity soon established superiority, jumping out to a 12-3 lead with notable contributions from their #1 and #14. Unity continued their dominance to claim the set 25-7.

The second set saw a lot of errors but Unity made less with their #1 showing a good spiking performance. PHS managed four more points than the first but it was not enough to prevent Unity winning 25-13.

Presbyterian High won the U-16 Championship title last year and the B Division title this year. Their C Division team however failed to make their mark, crashing out of last year’s U-13 Championship and not even making it into the Nationals this year.

Being drawn into the group with the Chung Cheng High (Yishun) Team 1, St Hilda’s Secondary and sister team Presbyterian High (Red), Presbyterian High might just not make it to the next round after this loss should they fall to the other teams.

Nevertheless, good luck in all the remaining matches.

Editor’s note: If you recognise yourself or your team mates in any of the photos, please feel free to leave the names behind in the comments section and we will update the captions accordingly. Thanks!