Silliman

Notions of forfeit gleefully discarded, the proud Sillisoldiers can boast three unbeaten sports, and it was just that easy. One is men's A-hoops, led by sophomore sensations Phil "thy" Harris '00 and Dave Boe "zo" hmer '00. The roommates/duo are off to an amazing start. They led a spectacular 41-36 win in the season opener versus JE and a clutch 34-31 victory against Trumbull. Look for the a-stars to rock future rim.

Women's volleyball, captained by Shan-non "Leader of L" Huffaker '98, led a truly fearsome force into the fray against JE--so fearsome none of them showed up. Men's volleyball, fighting for the love of their captain "Yesterday I played volleyball" Andrew "in my coloring book" Chen's '99 bruised ankle, gave up the first game due to the faulty snooze buttons on everyone's alarm clocks, but rallied behind the consistency of the service game (which a certain secretary had a hand in sustaining) to take the next two sets, 15-12, 15-13. Room K felt the methodical mastery of Silliman's "Asians+1 Connection": "Gargantuan" Gary Huang '98, Steve "So Happy, One" Song "ain't enough" '98, Seung "Smi" Lee '98, Chris "Happa" Lee '00, and Ernest "Lee" Morris '00. Destiny couldn't stop these boys from going for the shirts this winter.

And look for sports like B-hoops and ice hockey to come to the forefront as well. Undisheartened by an opening loss to JE and a close contest with Trumbull, the b-boys are ready to rally behind team captain Matt "More" Spanjers "for everyone" '98, and hip hoopsters Robert "Upwards of" Vollero '99, Brett "Beautiful" Libresco '99, Danny "Phil" Sims '99, Jon "Dice" Rye '98, Cortney "The" Price "is wrong, bitch" '99, "Kirk" Kamran Ansari '00, Mike "His Airness" Beman '00, and Rafael "the Vanquisher" Vranizan" '00.

When the skates are sharpened, beware, promises ice hockey idol Ben "Lemieux" White '99. Though the troops were weary and the whole lot of us perhaps let ourselves go too much at the turkey table, an impressive array of stick all-stars graced the Whale with their presence, including the one and only Dean Hugh "Yzerman" Flick. Frosh Caleb "sewer and knitter and" Weaver, Dia "Pass it here!" Draper, and Ciara Mc "nugget" cormack complement a steady stream of upperclassmen, led by Masa "Blue Line Special" Ishido '98, Steven "I think I" Kan '99, and "Mad" Brad Graw '99.

So, if you didn't see us coming, scrape the ice and snow off your rear view mirror because you're gonna need to start checking it often. Look for a red, angry amphibian with one bad-ass sword and a hell of an attitude. You'll wish you had not cut it/us off a block back.

(Compiled by an IM secretary risking everything to replace his stolen hockey gear.)

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