Volleyball and basketball, intramurals is an alternative to NESCAC sports

Hello and welcome again to the Intramural update. Let's start with the freshman leagues.

Both the first place Mad Cows and the second place Dirties won their games on Thursday, with the Mad Cows defeating Tilton 3 by a score of 3-1 and the Dirties downing the Titans 4-1. The Dirties are only one game behind the undefeated Mad Cows at 6-1. Uphill defeated South 2 7-2 to move their record to 4-2 and drop South 2 to 2-4-1. The Gangstars thumped Tilton 1 10-4 to keep pace with the Dirties and hover at third place with a record of 5-2. Haskell/Jeff shut out the Invasion 4-0 to move their record to 4-3 and drop the Invasion to 3-3-1. The Munchies pounded Haskell Maria 10-4 to boost themselves to a record of 2-4-1 and send Haskell/Maria to 1-6. The Felons scored a 1-0 victory over South 1 to tie the Gangstars at 5-2.

In freshman volleyball action, we are down to the final four. The first round of playoffs featured all nine teams in action. The Wildcats defeated the Raskells in the 8 vs. 9 game. The 8 vs. 9 game was a play-in game to determine which of the last two teams would get to advance to the next rounds.

The Wildcats, however, lost their second game of the night, falling to number one seed Hill. The Titans defeated South 3 to advance. Tilton 1 beat the Tramps for their spot in the final four. South 1 nipped their South 2 brethren to advance as well. In the semifinals, it looks like Hill will play the Titans and Tilton 1 will match-up with South 1. The semifinal games will take place at 7 pm on November 12 with the championship immediately following the conclusion of the semifinals.

Moving on to the upperclassmen volleyball matches. The following six teams made the playoffs: Fletcher Globetrotters, HNRC, the Isotopes, the Killer Beans, the Hornets, and John Sholle. The Globetrotters and HNRC both have byes to the second round. The Isotopes will play John Sholle. The Killer Beans will play the Hornets. In the final week of action, John Sholle took a forfeit over Indy.

HNRC defeated the Hornets 2-0. The Isotopes collected a forfeit over the Knee Pads. The Globetrotters beat the Killer Beans 2-0. The playoffs will take place next Wednesday with the first round. The next two rounds will take place the following Wednesday at 8:00 with the championship game at 9:00pm.

There was another round of basketball games on Oct. 28. The Big Guns beat the Fatalists 52-45 to drop the Fatalists to 1-5 and to boost themselves to 4-2. The Remmies triumphed 56-40 over Fletcher 1 to move their record to 2-4 and drop Fletcher 1 to .500 at 3-3. The Hooligans beat the Troops 58-42 in a battle between to 2-3 teams. Fletcher 2 whipped the E-men 75-41 to move to 4-2 and drop the E-men to 1-5. The Joel Aranson Project collected a forfeit in their game against now 0-6 DTD. The Joel Aranson Project is still undefeated at 6-0. In the women's division, The Staff beat the Shooting Stars 47-39.

There are only four more nights of the regular season left before the playoffs. Here is how the standings come out. In the men's division, Joel Aranson Project is in first with Nemotada just a half game behind in second. The Hanging Chickens, Big Guns, and Fletcher 2 are three, four, and five respectively and each has four wins. Special Sauce, Fletcher, and the Hooligans each have three wins and are six, seven, and eight respectively.

AEpi, the Troops, and the Remmies are the two-win teams, occupying places ten through twelve in the standings. The Fatalists, E-men, and DTD, thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen respectively, are the three last teams. The order of placement in the women's division goes: Staff, Shooting Stars, Lady Malds, then Balla Status.

Another week, another round of intramural action. Stay tuned next week. I'm gonna go drink.