By Jenny Chen, staff writer
Gaining valuable experience in a competitive environment, the Galileo Men’s Varsity Volleyball team hosted a successful jamboree inviting 3 other schools; American Canyon, Balboa, and Burton High School, to be part of the event.
Coach Mark Huynh was proud of his team for coming together & putting on the event. He said, “We did a good job hosting the jamboree and everybody helped out.”
The jamboree consisted of every school playing each other once, where the first two sets were varsity versus. varsity, and the third set focused on the JV teams.
In terms of the Lions varsity team during the jamboree, the team started off strong, beating American Canyon both sets they played.Junior Defense Specialist, Tylan Phaing said “Our team played well against American Canyon because of the strong serving and defense throughout most of the match.”
Junior Defense Specialist/Setter, Matthew Lam added, “The first game against American Canyon was unexpected because it was the first game, and felt kind of scary because they’re a well rounded team, but they weren’t as good as last year.”
In their second match against Burton, the Lions had a slow start to the game, making it difficult to finish the match, but they managed to pull off a win in the first set. However, due to missed serves and errors, they lost the second set. “For the game against Burton, our team’s energy was lower than usual, which caused us to play worse than we did against other teams,” said Phaing.
The last match of the jamboree against Balboa was the most anticipated for the Lions. Although the Lions dropped the 1st set, the Lions pulled off a comeback victory in the next set. Lam said, “During our game against Balboa, my teammates and I played very well, our energy was high and it felt like everybody wanted to win this game. It felt very competitive. Although we lost the first set, we were still determined to win one back and pulled through. Winning those long and intense rallies was the best part. In the end, we won the last set which was a good note to leave the Jamboree on.”
