Volleyball question

Please help me fill in the blank....

East Podunk won the first _____ 25-21....

 

Game

 

Definitely game. The event is called a match. Each set of 25 is called a game.

 

Thanks.

 

http://www.nfhs.org/web/2006/08/volleyball.aspx

http://www.psal.org/psalsports/articles/psal_stories.aspx?storyid=2849

http://library.thinkquest.org/C0122922/English/Site-wares/Volleyball_Dictionary/volleyball_dictionary.html

 

My instinct is to go with "game" to avoid confusion with what a setter does. But the small amount of research I've done seems to indicate "set" is the more proper term.

 

No, set is not correct.

 

I covered college volleyball and HS level stuff when I was a reporter. I now work with a former college player, and I've never heard anyone refer to it as a set. In tennis, yea, but not in volleyball.

 

set

 

As discussed earlier in the thread, nope. Each one is a game and the whole thing is a match.

http://www.nfhs.org/web/2007/02/200708_volleyball_points_of_emp.aspx

About halfway down on that link is a sample lineup card, which has a blank for which game it is.

 

I think this is one of those cases in which the people reading the story, i.e. the subjects of the story, will know what you're talking about.