Monday Results

Basketball
Cubists def Modernists 23 - 10
Modernists def Post-Impressionists (forfeit)
Cubists def Impressionists 16 – 10
Impressionists def Surrealists 14 - 9

Soccer
Constructivists def Post-Impressionists 3 - 0
Constructivists tie Vampire Slayers 2 - 2
Vampire Slayers def Surrealists 2 - 1

Day Seven Standings
1. Constructivists 10 - 0 – 2
2. Vampire Slayers 9 - 3 – 1
3. Impressionists 8 - 4 – 1
4. Cubists 5 - 5 – 3
5. Modernists 3 - 8 – 1
6. Post-Impressionists 2 - 9 – 1
7. Surrealists 2 - 10 – 1
8. Futurists 0 - 30 – 2


BASKETBALL MVP
Rex Chen

BASKETBALL HUSTLE AWARD
Avery Silverman

SOCCER MVP
Adi Muzurovic

SOCCER HUSTLE AWARD
Carlos Domene


On the basketball courts, the Modernists picked up their first victory-by-hoop as the Post-Impressionists were forced to default on their first game, stuck on the soccer pitch with no plan for returning the athletes to the court. The Cubists picked up a couple wins tonight, evening their record once again at the .500 mark. The vicious triumvirate conquered nearly all the Mediterranean, including the Modernists and the finals-seeking Impressionists, with Alex “cubelicious” Pusey, Avery “the goose” Silverman, and Tyrannosaurus-Rex Chen passing like the Harlem Globetrotters and leading their team to two convincing W’s. Mathieu “swifty” De Langis of the Modernists hit big man Seena Burns down low, but the Mod Squad had two big troubles putting the ball in the basket and keeping the other team off the boards. The Impressionists’ rookies Vince Young and Tzung-Hua Hsieh passed magnificently for their crew, as they have contributed to the Impressionists’ rise in the standings with their increasing and increasingly valuable playing time. But the Picasso Posse emerged as winners in both games, and might look to make a run at the finals if they can finish the season off with a big win streak. The pennant-chasing Impressionists did win one tonight, however, as they trampled the Surrealists in a 14 - 9 victory. Peter Joe and Matthew “fast hands” Decoste were solid as usual.

In soccer, all three matches were nail-biters. In the first contest, the Post-Impressionists — sans captain Doug “Van Gogh” Morrison — held the Constructivists to a 0 – 0 tie through the 23rd minute, but the Red Wedge’s notorious strikers Seung Kim and Pao-Kuan “Paul” Chin opened the flood gates and put together three scores in the final minutes for the shutout victory. Geoffrey Wong had some marvelous saves in the goal box, and Joshua Lee and Timothy So played marvelously in the midfield for the Post-Impressionists. In game two, the Slayers’ Carlos “el diablo” Domene scored quickly in the opening minutes, but Constructivist Kim answered back with an authoritative goal of his own to make it a 1 - 1 tie with the first and second-place teams facing each other on the athletic field for the first time all season. After Chin scored a second, controversial goal (followed by an equally controversial penalty kick), Slayers’ Captain Adi Muzurovic overpowered the Red Wedge and took it all the way for an avenging Vampiric goal. Muzurovic handled the ball beautifully for the Slayers, dribbling and passing all over the field and barely even needing help from talented teammates like Eric Wong, who also had a spectacular game. Constructivist defenders Jamie Hung and Devin Kennedy played with style in holding an explosive Vampire offense to two hard-earned goals from some star players. The score remained 2 – 2 at the whistle, giving the Constructivists their second tie in an otherwise perfect season. In the third game, the Slayers rocked the Surrealists in a 2 - 1 victory in which Muzurovic again dominated. Domene, too, was everywhere, hustling like the champion he his. But with the Slayers victory and tie, as compared to the Impressionists victory and loss, the Michelle Gellars have now moved an extra half game ahead of their third-place rivals in the race for a spot in the finals.