Breakthrough gave the Tridents little room to breathe in the first set with several kills leading to a score of 14-4. Play started to improve for the Tridents with middle blocker Laressa Halladay deflecting a number of spikes and acing her serves, closing the gap to 14-10. But they couldn’t hold the momentum, and Breakthrough finished the set at 25-10.

In the second set, Halladay again landed some good hits and aces and set the score even early on at 2-2. Both teams saw good rallies, but the experienced Breakthrough team caught the Tridents’ soft spots and landed aces setting the score at 11-6. Eventually Breakthrough pulled far ahead taking the set 25-17.

The Tridents brought their momentum into the third set, with Halladay giving two straight aces to tie the score at 5-5. The scoreboard leader went back and forth throughout the set, but eventually Breakthrough was able to hold its ground and bring the score to 25-12 taking their record to 2-0 while the Tridents fall to 0-2.

In the second match of the night, Guam Community College gave a good fight against a strong Guam Pro team. Guam Pro took the win in three sets (25-2, 25-7, and 25-10) giving GCC a 0-2 record while Guam Pro remains undefeated.

The league plays again on Thursday, Oct. 3, starting with the two undefeated teams —Guam Pro and Breakthrough — facing off at 6:30 p.m., followed by GCC vs. UOG Tridents at 8:15 p.m.