Chambos… so close to a perfect season

It’s official: final make-up games have been played, league results are in, and the mighty Chambos have finished dead last (223 points and 21 sets behind the first-place UN Spikers). What blemished our perfect season? A freak victory over the very same UN Spikers. Maybe it was the lessened pressure of knowing that, no matter what we did, we were headed back to B league, maybe it was just that the Spikers came out flat-footed, thinking they had nothing to fear from the lowest-ranked team in the league but finally, when it couldn’t possibly matter, the Chambos brought our A game. The first set was close and we were neck-and-neck in the second when a disputed call (the Spikers captain was in the net) handed the serve back. It was just enough and we pulled out a win, 26-24. Of course, they rallied and beat us in the third set but still… no longer a perfect losing streak. Watch out B league – here we come!