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"History in the Making" by Anna Chand

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The 5th set of the most important game that they would play. 

Dalat had 11 points and YISS had 6; they were 4 away from winning, but YISS was 4 away from catching up to them. They knew they had to act fast. Each set had been back and forth, YISS had won the 1st and 3rd sets, and Dalat had won the 2nd and 4th sets. No one could predict who was going to come out of this with a 3rd place in the ACSC tournament. 

YISS caught up to Dalat, and the score was 11-10; they were still one point behind us. Both teams were exhausted; they had both played games back to back and had lost the one before. The mentality of the teams were down and had now been playing for two hours straight. 

“My legs felt like they were going to fall off,” said Clarisse Yeoh (10). 

With their bodies and their mentality being exhausted, they knew they had a tough fight ahead of them if they wanted to win this game. Everyone held their breath as the score went to 12-11. YISS was right behind them ready to get ahead and steal the win. Dalat fought hard, and the score was 14-11. They only had to make one more point to earn their spot on the podium.

It was Abby Yeoh’s turn to serve. She served the ball, and we all watched as it soared over the net. YISS reached for it, but all eyes were on the ball as it fell to the floor. The screams of the new win echoed through the court as the rest of the team rushed onto the court hugging and crying as the team realized we had won 3rd place.

We thanked the other team and continued laughing and crying with the shock that we had just won the game. Ms. Ye Eun Bang had then informed us that in all of Dalat history, girls volleyball had never gotten higher than 4th. The team had made Dalat history, and it was an amazing way to end the tournament and bring home a medal.

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