In the first games, this year’s world Rocball champions had to dig deep to defeat the Okies.
In the first set, the Ghaisias jumped off to a great start with a 25 to 10 win.
Ben Pelisamen set the play by scoring a three-point goal in volley off the Okies first serve to start. In addition to the three point goal, the Brothers scored a total of six two-points plays in set one, while the Okies scored two, two point plays.
In set two, the Okies pushed the Brothers hard and only came up four points short, losing set two 22 to 26. The Okies hit five two-point plays against the Brothers who scored another three point goal and six two-point plays.
In the third set, the Okies came out on top 27 to 25. But, the Brothers outscored them in multiple points with Pelisamen scoring his third goal of the night.
The Okies scored six two-point plays, were held at set point three times, and won the set after the Brothers were penalized one point on a bad first serve, for delay of game.
In the fourth set, the Brothers had game point advantage 76 to 59 and only had to win set four, juice-out, to win the game.
The Okies denied the Brothers their exit strategy, and won the fourth set 25 to 22.
The Okies defeated the Brothers in the fourth set mostly by one-point court plays. The Okies only scored three two-point plays in contrast to the Brothers who scored four two-point plays and their fourth, three point goal of the game.
After four sets of play, the Brothers had scored the most game points. The final score after four sets of play was the Brothers 98 and the Okies 84.
But the Brothers ended the game in a losing set and were robbed of their victory.
By winning the fourth set, the Okies forced the game into overtime. And when a Rocball game fails to end under the rules of the set system, the game continues with 10 point sets or when a goal is scored; whichever happens first.
The Brothers scored the most game points in four sets; they only needed to win one overtime set to win the game. The Okies won the fourth set with the least amount of game points and were required to win two overtime sets to win the game.
The Okies stunned the Brothers in first OT with their first and only three-point goal of the night, and won the first OT set 4 to 0.
The Okies first OT set win set up the second OT set as the do-or-die set of the game.
Whichever team won the last OT set would be the first Gorilla of the games.
The Ghaisias Brothers tighten up their defense, played conservatively, and won the last set without any two or three point plays 10 to 6. Ben and Freddy Pelisamen were the heavy hitters with Ben scoring 2 aces, 1 skunk, 5 kees, and 3 goals for 23 points, and Freddy scoring 2 aces, 1 skunk, 7 kees, and 1 goal for 23 points.
