Kurai exhales calmly and catches another ball. 'Still not as fast as Dad' Kurai tosses the ball and jumps, putting his whole body weight into hitting the ball as it slams straight into the net, spinning for a few seconds and hitting the court. Kurai gritted his teeth.
"A lucky break for East Carter!"
"If that made it over the net, it would have been even faster!!"
"Kurai Vlast is a monster in his own right!"
"The serve now turns to East Carter's Matthew Henders."
Matthew tosses the ball and floats it over the net. The ball hits the tape as Dougal dives but doesn't make it in time.
"An ace for East Carter!" Suddenly a buzzer goes off, Richmond sighs and walks off the court, Ajax walking onto the court with a smirk.
"Bring it" The crowd goes crazy.
"LakeWood Technicals trusted Libero returns in the thick of the first set!"
Matthew tosses the ball and slams it over the net. Ajax holds his breath as he brings it up.
"He proves his worth as soon as he gets on the court, Ajax Adams!!" Matthew exhales.
"Monsters…" Kaneko runs forward, shocking everyone. Jumping up and landing a quick attack after Kurai quickly sets the ball before East Carter could react.
"Kaneko takes advantage and lands a quick attack!" Kaneko smirks.
"The score gap keeps growing! The score is now 4 to 2 in favor of LakeWood Technical!"
Lucas tosses the ball high and jumps, serving it over the net with spin. Matthew receives it as Devin runs forward. Devin sets it high as Dougal instantly reacts, jumps up to block. Zander, another wing spiker, easily hit it past the block before Kaneko could even react. Coach Russ sighs.
"Kaneko's blocking game is off… Richmond!" Richmond walks onto the court as Kaneko walks off for a substitution.
"LakeWood Technical uses their second substitution this game"
"At first it seemed like they were going ballistic, but maybe Kaneko off his game might have caused something…"
"That might be why LakeWood Technicals Coach, Russel Williams swapped Kaneko out hoping Kaneko losing his game wouldn't stop the others, a strategic play from the team Coach"
Devin jump serves the ball as Ajax easily brings it up. Kurai setting and delivering a powerful quick attack with Richmond.
"An insane quick by Richmond Walker who just got on the court! It's like even the benchwarmers are monsters!"
Richmond overhand serves the ball, dropping it right in front of the net.
"Richmond lands a smoothly placed Float serve!"
Devin thinks to himself. 'Kurai Vlast… the setter who turned down the chance to join a training camp with the best of the best… why is it that you did that?'
Richmond floats the ball to the back of the court as Zander overhand receives the ball.
"Devin!" Devin runs up to the net. 'Who is he to think he's better than a national training camp with the best of the best?' Kurai and Dougal watch to block, Dougal gritting his teeth and running left, Kurai taking one step to the left. Devin smirks as he switches last second to a set to the right instead. Kurai gritted his teeth and ran to the right. Matthew jumps up to spike as Richmond and Kurai appear. Matthew tips it over the block as Ajax receives it.
"Nice receive!" Devin lands and prepares to block. 'Why are you so confident in your skills as a setter? Where do you get your mental fortitude from?' Devin glares at Kurai from across the net as suddenly the ball hits the court behind him, Kurai having setter dumped the ball.
"Focusing too much on your own struggles, Devin, you lose sight of your opponents… If it surprises my teammates, it'll also surprise my opponents"
"An insane setter dump by Kurai Vlast! The score stands at LWTHS 7-3 ECHS.