With only two weeks of regular classes remaining the campus recreation staff is beginning to close out the 2010-2011 intramural season. Currently, only one intramural is still being played.
Last week the first ever spring four on four volleyball intramural league kicked off its inaugural season with a weather postponement due to wet sand, and dangerous playing conditions. Games were pushed to Monday and every game that was scheduled for that night was completed as planned.
Unlike other intramural events beach volleyball starts earlier in the evening. The first games are always played at 5 p.m. so that students can take advantage of the weather, and to avoid poor lighting conditions. The rules of beach volleyball are exactly the same of indoor volleyball. Each team plays with four people. If that team has an extra player on their roster then they must rotate them in accordingly. It is a best of five games format, if the two teams are forty five minutes into their match and have yet to play the fourth or fifth sets then the games are shortened to fifteen. Each game must be won by two points. If the net is touched by any player at any time during a volley then the play is stopped and the opposing team is rewarded with the point.
As the month of April slows down the staff hopes that all of the upcoming games will take place as scheduled without any weather delays. "The first night everyone was excited to play, we all play beach together outside of the intramural during our free time and its too bad we had to cancel because of the bad court conditions. Hopefully from now on we can get all of the teams to their matches on time, and complete each match before the playoffs start", said Intramural Supervisor Nate Goralnik.
The final intramural event of the school is the annual spring softball tournament that will take place on a Saturday. The exact date has yet to be determined but students can expect to receive an email notifying them of the event in the next couple of days.
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