Monday, October 31, 2016

Champs again (and for the first time)!!

Our Trinity Christian School athletes cemented their place in the New England Association of Christian Schools (NEACS) history books this weekend
 

Our girls' volleyball team won its first championship - state or regional - by defeating Central Christian Academy of Connecticut three games to two. They started slowly and quickly found themselves down two sets to none. Even in the third set, the team was faced with elimination but survived three game points in the third set (down 24-21), but dug deep, didn't lose heart and came back to win that third set. They won the fourth set to force a do-or-die fifth set. After starting the game down six points and later facing an 8-4 deficit, the Swordsmen roared back to claim the championship with a final score of 15-13 in the deciding set. Kaylee, our lone senior, and Taylor received all-tournament honors, and Caroline was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player. Trinity also finished the year with an unblemished record of 13-0.
In clinching the volleyball title, the Swordsmen athletics program completed what could be dubbed as the "Regional Slam," having now laid claim to the Girls' Volleyball ('16), Boys' Soccer ('11, '12, and '16), Girls' Basketball ('14), and Boys' Basketball ('16) titles. TCS currently holds three of the four regional trophies! TCS joins only three other schools (Emmanuel, CT; Trinity, VT; and SMCA, NH) to have accomplished this feat since 2000, and TCS and SMCA are the only two schools to accomplish that this decade.


About the same time Caroline pounded her final spike to end the volleyball tournament, the referee's whistle blew to conclude the guys' soccer game vs. Emmanuel. The championship game began with each team attempting to establish a rhythm on a slick field, but Trinity's squad quickly began to take control of the midfield with intricate passing combinations and its trademark ball control. The times that Emmanuel did obtain, they were quickly hounded into errors by front to back pressure. Dima got the Swordsmen on the board 14 minutes into the game, and 12 minutes later, Stan blasted home a shot to give Trinity some much needed cushion. Despite the soggy field conditions, Trinity's stingy defense was in lock-down mode, yielding only a couple of legitimate attempts on goal. Stan, Ben, and Henry were named to the all-tournament team, and Drew was recognized as the Most Valuable Player. Trinity finished the season at 12-4-1.


None of this would be possible without the dedication and commitment of our coaches - special thanks to the Oxfords (Mr. and Mrs.), Coach Lampman, and Coach Foss.

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