By Roselyn B. Monroyo
Variety News Staff

UNDEFEATED Watch & Learn was having problems thwarting Black Magic after three sets in their second round game in the of the World Organized Rocball Community League yesterday at the Marianas High School Gym.
After three sets, Watch & Learn, which swept its games in the first round and had two easy juiced-out wins in the second, was leading Black Magic by only one, 42-41.
The first set was a neck-and-neck battle with Watch & Learn winning by only two, 15-13.
Watch & Learn notched its second straight victory after prevailing in the second set, 17-11.
But Black Magic was threatening to hand Watch & Learn its first loss in the tournament after nailing a 17-10 triumph in the third set and moving within a hair.
The game was halted, as students needed to return to class. The match resumes today.
If Black Magic wins the fourth set and holds the lead at the end of the game, it will complete a come-from-behind victory.
If Black Magic prevails in the fourth, but Watch & Learn still has the lead, the match will go into overtime with the former needing to win two sets and the latter needing only one.
Mark McDonald was leading Watch & Learn with 16 points on seven kees and one ace.
So far, 11 aces, two xunxs, 14 kees and one goal have been scored in the game.
Black Magic’s Ryan Lisua drilled the lone goal so far in the match. He did it in the second set.
A win will strengthen Watch & Learn’s chances for a semis spot.
It currently shares the No. 1 spot with the defending champions Mwaliyas which has an identical 2-0 record.
Black Magic is tied with the Dublon Chiefs in second place with a 1-1 slate. Kich Fairo and Da Lani Kynez are both winless in two matches.
Only the top four teams after the second round will move into the semifinals, which will be a best-of-three-games affair. The finals will have a best-of-five format.