By Anastasha Echavarri

Staff Writer

On April 27th, Westford Academy yet again faced its arch nemesis, Acton-Boxborough. On Wednesday the Junior Varsity Volleyball team beat AB two games in a row fairly easily.

The record so far for this season’s JV volleyball team stands at 9 wins and 2 losses. With 8 more games to go, the rest of the season remains promising.

“This team has improved by leaps and bounds,” said JV Coach Eric Snyder.

At the beginning of the first game, WA started out strong, but AB gave them a run for their money. Volleyballs were being hit into the net, a few out-of-bounds calls were made, and even a few fouls.

Player 48 on the AB team went up to the net at one point and after having failed to get the ball over the net the first time, he hit it yet again with his foot which made it fly under the net across the court. After being fouled the first time, player 48 was fouled yet again the next game after having hit the ball twice in a row.

About 15 minutes into the game, the score was tied at 7-7. When sophomore Mike Barck stepped up to serve, the scores began to change. Four minutes later and 12 consecutive serves by Barck, WA had 19 points to AB’s 17.

Within 20 minutes, the game ended with the WA Ghosts winning 25-18.

The second game began a lot stronger than the first game for the Ghosts; the fouls and many out-of-bounds plays made by the AB team made all the difference in such a fast-paced sport.

WA Ghosts were winning by a huge margin up until the score was 23-16. All of a sudden, AB had received five consecutive points, leaving the scores suddenly extremely close to a tie.

Finally, the last play made by AB was hit out of bounds which gave the WA Ghosts the point that they needed. The game ended with a score of 25-21 which gave yet another win to the JV volleyball team.

Despite the team’s prosperity, it is surprising how most players on the team are new to the sport.

Snyder comments on his team’s capability.

“It’s really impressive how well the team is doing, considering that most of the players on the team before this have never played. There are about two players on this entire team that have had any outside experience,” said Snyder.