One Regular Season Week Remains!
It’s time to get down to business…With a ten-team league this year, the playoffs aren’t guaranteed. The top eight teams play on, the bottom two get put out to pasture, relegated to spectators…trying to keep their tears from falling in their drinks.
Last week saw 4 out of 5 matches won by 3-0 sweeps, a sign that the cream is rising. Two matches in particular: Danger Zone vs We Always Get It Up, and Sets in the City vs Nothin But Net, were very definitive in the standings. With 3-0 sweeps, Danger Zone and Sets in the City moved ahead of their rivals in the standings. Sets in the City improved to 4th overall, which is big in an 8-team seeding. However, Danger Zone’s match sweep could potentially carry much more weight. Previously in the basement of the league and in danger of elimination, they…*ahem* we now sit in a tie for the final playoff position.
One week in the regular season remains. The top of the standings looks very familiar with the reigning beach champs, Da Heavy Hitters at the point, Beach Patrol in 2nd, and Chi-Town fusion in 3rd. Don’t read too much into the order however. On any Saturday morning, either of these teams could leave you scratching your head wondering how you only scored 5 points in a game to 21. Personally, I’m the most afraid of Chi-Town. They dropped 2 out of 3 games last week and my guess is, they plan to extract their pound of flesh from their next vict…I mean opponent.
The next week’s weather is due to be very mild and overcast. This will allow all the teams to perform at a maximum level, aside of average conditioning. This means all out, nothing-hits-the-sand action! If you’re planning to attend the games as a fan, bring a football, ball & glove, or soccer ball, there’s plenty of beach to play on and with clouds in the forecast, your tan won’t get any work.