
By John Baza
The GW Geckos boys volleyball team rebounded after dropping their season opener to the Okkodo Bulldogs with a convincing victory over the Southern High Dolphins on the Geckos’ home court this Friday night. GW was able to grind out the win as they defeated the Dolphins in straight sets 25-16, 25-14.
Geckos’ team captain Allen Camacho was key in the team’s victory, hustling both on defense and in the attack. When asked what his team improved on from their last game he replied, “We communicated a lot more and executed better defense.”
“We looked for a lot of holes in the defense and when they weren’t blocking, we established on their middles”, said Camacho on the Geckos’ efforts in Friday nights victory.
The home team Geckos were on point defensively and offensively as they rallied out to a 16-9 lead in the first set. Shortly after, GW’s Philip Siguenza hammered in the kill to increase the GW lead, forcing a Dolphins timeout.
Coming out of the timeout, the Geckos’ Camacho served up an ace to lengthen the advantage (18-9) but the Dolphins’ 14 gave his team some hope on the defensive after blocking a spike attempt from the Geckos.
GW would go on using great team play, including kills from Devin San Augustin, to take the first set 25-16, despite a solid effort to comeback from the visiting Dolphins.
Second half play saw both teams trading point for point both off of great offense and errors. The Geckos however picked up right where they left off, jumping to the 10-5 lead after Camacho found a hole in the Dolphins defense for the point.
Looking to battle back, Southern’s setter Napu San Luis faked out the gecko defense with a backset that found its way in the corner to give the Dolphins the point (11-7).
The Dolphins looked to get some rhythm as they cleaned up a powerful jump serve from the Geckos’ Camacho and outside hitter Phil Jardaleza got a hit through Geckos’ blockers.
But GW capitalized on errors committed by the Dolphins to cruise to the 25-14 win in the final set and pull off the home victory.
With the win, the Geckos improve to (1-1) while the Dolphins drop to (1-1).


GPS Sports Calendar
March 2023
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- FR
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28th
Events for March
2nd
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL FINALS
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3rd
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
ISA GIRLS SOCCER FINALS
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL FINALS
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL FINALS
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4th
35th RAINBOWS FOR ALL CHILDREN 3.5 MILER
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE FINALS
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5th
MONSTER ENERGY MOTOCROSS ROUND 3
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5th
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6th
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7th
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9th
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11th
GSPN PRESEASON BOYS VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT DAY 1
Bank of Guam Block Party 5K
Events for March
12th
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13th
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14th
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15th
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17th
World Athletics Indoor Championships
IIAAG BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Events for March
18th
PAY-LESS KICK THE FAT 5K/10K
World Athletics Indoor Championships
Events for March
19th
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21st
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25th
MARIANAS OPEN PRO JAPAN TOURNAMENT
IIAAG BOYS VOLLEYBALL
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26th
MONSTER ENERGY MOTOCROSS ROUND 4
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28th
ISA GIRLS SOFTBALL
IIAAG BOYS VOLLEYBALL
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Events for March
30th
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IIAAG GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Events for March
31st
IIAAG BOYS VOLLEYBALL
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