CE-A opens volleyball season with a win

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. – Orlando Diaz, Civil Engineer-A team member, prepares to spike the volleyball, Feb. 25. CE-A faced off against the Operations Support Squadron in each team’s first match of the year, and won the match, 2-0. (U.S. Air Force photo Airman 1st Class Bryan Crane)(Released)

CE-A opens volleyball season with a win

Published Feb. 28, 2013
By A1C Bryan Crane
509th Bomb Wing Public Affairs

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. -- The 2013 Whiteman intramural volleyball season kicked off Feb. 25, with the Civil Engineer-A squad defeating the Operations Support Squadron in two straight sets.

CE-A opened the best of three series with a solid first-game win. The team came out strong to take 21-15 lead late in the first set. OSS could not keep the volleyball from hitting the court, and ended up conceding the first set, 25-16.

After the teams switched ends of the court, the second set began, with OSS looking to force a third set and avoid being shut out by CE-A.

That plan deteriorated fast, however, as CE-A came out firing, opening up an early 10-3 lead. They kept that momentum going with great teamwork.

"I think we played well as a team," said Jermaine Walton, CE-A team member. "We did well setting each other up to get good hits over the net."

CE-A dominated the rest of the way and captured the second set 25-11 to clinch the victory, two games to zero.

"It was a good way to start the season," Walton said. "We had fun and won the match, so it was a very successful first game."

Walton and his teammates are excited for the possibilities this season could hold, but know it will not be easy to take home the intramural volleyball championship.

"We are going to take it one game at a time," Walton said. "I know these games are just for fun, but it would still be nice to say we are the champs at the end of the season."

The volleyball season is just getting underway, and you can catch all the action at the Whiteman Fitness Center. In addition to the CE-A/OSS match, six other teams battled for supremacy on the court Monday night.

Games are Monday through Thursday, with four games a night, starting at 5:30 p.m. The other games will start at 6:15, 7:00, and 7:45. Come out and enjoy the competition and cheer on your squadron!