Warren Sixpak wins men's sixes title

The first game didn't go so well, so Warren Sixpak setter Mark Gacki thought it would be a good idea to change the lineup.

Sixpak won the Gold Division title in the Men's Sixes league on March 25, beating Ugly Ball 17-25, 25-20, 25-23, 17-25, 15-9. Team Beer won the Silver Division title, beating Kaboom, also in a 5-game marathon (20-25, 25-23, 25-19, 19-25, 15-11).

Sixpak switched left sides Glenn DeMagalhaes and Ziggy Goryn after losing the first game. Glen had 0 kills in the first game (he finished the match with 16), while Ziggy had just 4 of his match-high 25. Ziggy had 7 of his kills and Glenn had 5 in second-game victory that put Sixpak back in contention.

Middles Tom Burke had 16 kills and 2 blocks and Colin McNeill contributed 10 kills and 2 blocks for Sixpak. Adam Tett shared the setting duties in a 6-2 alignment with Gacki.

Adam Lewis led Ugly Ball, the fall season champions, with 16 kills and 2 blocks. Gary Curran had 11 kills, Jack Henriques added 9, and Rob Curran, Gregory Solovey, and Joe Saab each had 5 kills. Solovey also had 2 blocks. Greg Grande and Ilya Shchukin did the setting.

Sixpak almost didn't make it to the final, winning a best-of-three match in the semifinals over Fred's Retreads. They lost the first game 25-20, but won the second 28-26, and the third, 20-18. In that third game, Sixpak trailed 7-1 and 9-2 before coming back.

Ugly Ball beat Crush It, also in three games, in the semifinals. Crush It won the first game before Ugly Ball came back to win in three, with a 15-13 score in the third game.



Dan Barry, Dan Botzan, Chuck Roy, Glen Soria, Scott Fitzpatrick and Anthony Rosania played for Team Beer. They beat Western Penn in the semifinals. Kaboom beat Knuckle up in the semifinals.

The next men's sixes league will start April 15. There will be an open gym/pickup night for teams to add players on April 8.