The Renegades beat the Chargers 6.5-1.0 on Monday to come within 1.5 points of the second place Warriors.
For the Chargers, Douglas beat Goixerri in three sets (5-6, 6-4, 6-4), which has to be one of the best matches we have seen. With unbelievable defense including back to back fall down rebotes and scoops, this match is a “Jai Alai reel” all its own.
Douglas was up 5-1 in the first set and Goixerri came back to take the set 6-5. Goixerri started the second set with a 2-0 lead only to have Douglas run 4 straight points to take the lead at 4-2. After that, it was back and forth with Douglas coming out on top 6-4. The third set was back and forth as well with no lead greater than 2 points. With Douglas up 5-3, Goixerri scored on a chula, cutting the lead to 5-4. Douglas made phenomenal back to back scoops from his knees to earn a 6-4 victory.
I highly recommend that you watch this amazing match (first link below) and Douglas’ scoops (second link).
https://youtu.be/M_PKFB4HKOg?t=1863 (match 2 Goixerri-Douglas)
https://youtu.be/M_PKFB4HKOg?t=3719 (final 2 points of set 3 – Goixerri chula and Douglas’ phenomenal ‘knee scoops’)
The Renegades earned wins from Correa/Aratz over Jairo/Roque (6-3, 6-5), RonRon over Benny (6-4, 2-6, 6-1), Ben over Roque (6-2, 6-4), Goixerri/RonRon over Jairo/Spinner (6-1, 6-5) and Correa/Aratz over Flores/Douglas (6-0, 6-5).
Each team has 2 game days left in the season with the Warriors and Renegades squaring off on Monday, November 14. While the Cyclones having a pretty good grip on first place, Monday’s games should be exciting in the close race for second place that only has 1.5 points of separation.
Remaining schedule:
- November 8: Chargers vs Cyclones
- November 11: Warriors vs Renegades
- November 14: Chargers vs Warriors
- November 15: Renegades vs Cyclones
- November 18: Battle Court Championship Finale (top two teams face-off)
Live viewing is Friday evenings at 7:00pm at the Magic City Fronton with doors opening at 6:30pm. Admission is free and there are give-a-ways and promotions for those in attendance.
You can watch the action on Fridays at 7pm and Mondays/Tuesdays at 5pm (EST) at watchjaialai.com, laligasportstv.com, streamstak.com/jaialaitv (Triple B Media), FTF Sports Network, ESPN3, BetRivers youtube channel or download the free Jai Alai Channel app.