May 4, 2012 > Men's Volleyball: American overtakes MSJ Men's Volleyball: American overtakes MSJ Submitted By Eric Cruzada The American Varsity men's volleyball team defeated Mission San Jose (MSJ) May 1 by a score of 3-2. American was first on the scoreboard with a narrow 25-21 win. The second game went much the same way as American again took the game 25-21. MSJ came back in the third game, however, and defeated the American Eagles 25-14. With both schools having points on the board, the heat was turned up in game four, but it was MSJ who came away with a 27-25 win. Since both teams had two wins, the game went to a tie-break, which American won 15-11 to secure the victory. Gabriel Astorga of American came away with 14 assists and seven digs. Teammate Sagar Singh ended with eight kills; Jordan Ramee took home six blocks, two kills and one ace. Chris Tang, also from American, ended the game with eight kills, two aces and 13 digs. American's record this season is 7-3 for MVAL and 15-11 overall.