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Volleyball question

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by azom, Jul 28, 2007.

  1. azom

    azom Member

    Please help me fill in the blank....

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

    sportschick Active Member

  3. SCEditor

    SCEditor Active Member

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

    azom Member

    Thanks.
     
  5. Central-KY-Kid

    Central-KY-Kid Well-Known Member

    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
     
  6. WazzuGrad00

    WazzuGrad00 Guest

    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.
     
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  8. champ

    champ New Member

    No, set is not correct.
     
  9. sportschick

    sportschick Active Member

    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.
     
  10. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    set
     
  11. Hank_Scorpio

    Hank_Scorpio Active Member

    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.
     
  12. TheMethod

    TheMethod Member

    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.
     
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