HECTOR HERNANDEZ | staff writer

OBLITERATION'S GREAT "D"
On the evening of Oct. 30 there was a meeting between two undefeated teams in flag football. Defending champion Obliteration and their opponent, Ballers, were both 5-0 heading into the game. Both teams are comprised of mostly seniors. Last year, they played each other in the semifinals; Obliteration won that game 32-12.

This year’s game was well set and began quickly.

“It’s a big matchup this year as well as last year,” Obliteration senior applied health major Travis Walker said. “We always look for this one on the schedule.”

Within the first two plays of the game, the Obliteration defense got a sack followed by an interception.

“Those defensive plays really set the tone for the rest of the game,” Walker said.

The Ballers also played good defense and were able to keep the game close. The score was tied 6-6 at halftime.

Several interceptions and sacks throughout the game helped the Obliteration down the Ballers for a final score of 20-12.

“We just played good ‘D’ and that was the key. The offense came together at the end but the key was our defense and that’s what we try to focus on,” Walker said.
Ballers junior physical education major Aubrey Heinberger spoke well of the Obliteration defense.

“They have a great ‘D’ line causing a lot of pressure,” Heinberger said. “[There were] some good chances that they took advantage of us on defense.”

Both teams are expecting to go to the playoffs. Obliteration has the inside track to gain the No. 1 seed in the playoffs.

“We would like to repeat as champion because we’re almost all seniors so it would be nice to win and leave as winners,” Walker said.

McLOVIN' THE COMPETITION
Tennis also featured an undefeated matchup. Poachers and McLovin’, both undefeated through 4 games, faced off in a match which featured an exciting three-set doubles game. At the end McLovin’ was victorious and defeated the Poachers 2-0.

The Poachers won their three-set match with a score of 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. The match lasted for almost two hours.

“When that happens you know you have a fair match up—very high level tennis,” McLovin’ junior marketing major Graham Reinhardt said.

There was a lot of excitement on the court, especially for the last point of the match.

“The adrenaline was going through me. I was praying it was just going to end. I was just thinking ‘man it’s got to end,’ so I was trying to play with confidence and went over there and just hit one and it went in the right place,” Reinhardt said.