TRITONS COME OUT ON TOP OF MEN’S VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE

PRESS RELEASE – The championship of Triton Men’s Volleyball League had everything, from hard spikes and sparkling defensive plays to fire alarms going off in the middle of the match but the UOG Tritons came out on top over U-Fly in a 3-1 match in the UOG Calvo Field House, where the biggest advantage for the score in a set was 25-22, and all other sets were 25-23.

The Bombers beat Umitde 3-0 on the 3rd Place match, winning the contest 25-19, 25-19 and 25-16 over a tired looking Umitde team.

The Bombers finished the season at 5-3 and Umitde had a 2-6 campaign.

In the Championship Match, most of the sets followed the same pattern, with the Tritons going out to a 3-4 point lead late in the set, then holding off a furious comeback by U-Fly. The Tritons won both of the first 2 sets, 25-23 and 25-23 to mount a 2-0 lead in the match. U-Fly would come back in third set to win, 25-22 to make it 2-1 match but the Tritons came back again to win the 4th set 25-23 and the match 3-1.

The UOG Tritons finished the season with a perfect 7-0 record and went 21-2 in sets for the season with U-Fly being the only team to win a set off the Tritons. U-Fly finished the season at 5-2, with both losses coming from the Tritons.

An All-League team was announced after the championship match, members of the All-League team were:

Skylar Blas – Team Elevate

Isaiah Jaiferon – Southern Sutterez

Noel Sablan – Umitde

Lance Roque – Umitde

Josh Smith – Bombers

Joseph Wolfe – Bombers

Bryan Savella – Bombers

Jimmy Deibo – U-Fly

James Founk – U-Fly

Atly Jerry – U-Fly

Bless Asset – U-Fly

Dom Pelobello – UOG Tritons

Jared Aguon – UOG Tritons

Charles Jackson – UOG Tritons

Joe Mafnas – UOG Tritons

The Triton Men’s Volleyball League Most Valuable Player was announced as well:

MVP – Isaac Limtiaco – UOG Tritons

The Triton Men’s Volleyball League will return in the spring semester of 2025, starting the last week of January and going to early March. Anyone interested in playing in the Triton League, can contact Doug Palmer, at palmerd@triton.uog.edu or (671)735-2862 for more information.

Photos By Victor Consaga, UOG’s Sports Photographer

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