photo credits:
Mark Bethune, Dave Caleb, and Jason Juteau

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MRISA SENIOR SPORTS AT SAIGON SOUTH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL!

HCMC: November 10th to 13th, 2005
Grades 9-12 basketball and volleyball

Volleyball

The Senior Girls Volleyball team had a very successful weekend at MRISA in Ho Chi Minh City. The hard work and effort on the part of the girls during practice paid off with an exciting 2-0 win over NISC in the final. The girls started early in the morning against a weak SSIS team and had no difficulty in beating them handily. The next game saw the girls pitted against a strong NISC team and were defeated 2-0 in two very close games. This loss put us in second place in our division and a matchup against the winners of Division 2, ISHCMC. After losing a close first set the girls stormed back with easy victories in the second and third sets. This set up the final against NISC. With the crowd against them, the girls executed the game plan perfectly thus claiming the championship. A solid effort was put in by all players and thanks goes to all team members for their committment and participation during the first ten weeks of the season. Congratulations on a fine season girls! -

- Coach Bethune

The Senior Boys Volleyball Team started the tournament with a narrow loss to NISC, 22-25, 22-25. They then showed a lot of character to win their next qualifier against the home team SSIS, 25-23, 25-12. In a tough semi-final our boys really focused and played their best volleyball of the season to defeat ISHCMC, 25-20, 25-20, and advance to the final against the returning champions ISPP. Unfortunately, for the second year in a row, ISPP played more consistent volleyball to defeat us 25-20, 25-14. I would like to thank the boys for their efforts during the exchange - well done!

- Coach Dale

Basketball

The MRISA Senior Boys Basketball tournament at Saigon South International School was very competitive. All of the six schools that competed had very closely matched teams which resulted in very competitive games. Unfortunately, the UNIS team lost to the International School of Ho Chi Minh City and Northridge International School before beating Saigon South’s second team. Everyone played extremely hard and we just couldn’t make the baskets we needed to down the stretch. The team is looking forward to hosting our own tournament on the 3rd of December here at UNIS where we will play some local schools.

- Coach Caleb

The Senior Girls Basketball Team had an excellent day at the MRISA Sports Exchange in HCMC. Our girls played four basketball games on the day and with only seven basketballers that meant a lot of running. The UNIS Girls ended up finishing in second place when they lost to the team from Northridge International School of Cambodia in the Basketball Final.

The girls who represented UNIS played hard and played well all day, they were:

Felice Bakker, Andrea Wingardh, Ha My Le Phan, Ngoc Pham, Ji Min Bae, Mary Rugh and Jessica Penrose.

Congratulations to the team on a well deserved second place finish!

- Coach Juteau

All Stars

The following students made the "All Star" Team (one of the top 10 athletes)for the listed sports at the exchange;

Girls Basketball - Jessica Pensrose, Felice Bakker, Mary Rugh
Boys Basketball - Andy Craig
Girls Volleyball - Kayo Clemens, Ha My Le Phan, Felice Bakker
Boys Volleyball - Brian Kristensen, Yoo Hyun Ko

The following students were awarded "Team Star" awards for their efforts, commitment, sportsmanship and attitude during the season;

Girls Basketball - Ngoc Pham, Andrea Wingardh
Boys Basketball - Ching Hung Wang, Ray Shang
Girls Volleyball - Kayo Clemens, Yuuki Fukahori
Boys Volleyball - Rupert Turner-Goldsack, Hiep Nguyen

Jarrod Dale
Physical Education Coordinator