On the night of Dec. 5, the Brandeis University Intramural volleyball world came to a head as the three divisions, men's, women's and coed, squared off in their respective championship games to end an exciting intramural sports season.

In the men's division final, which contained two sets, Of Mike and Men beat Don't Tell Dan Gad two games to zero games by scores of 25-21 and 25-16, respectively. The Mecca of Intramurals, the championship, was filled with high competition and some fireworks as both teams vied for that elusive championship T-shirt.

Hard-hitting yet quietly eloquent, Mike Swerdloff '13 of Of Mike and Men just outmatched and outplayed Don't Tell Dan Gad, leading his team to victory.

The coed final was one for the ages as CTMB rose like a phoenix and came back to win the match after dropping the first set to Bump Set Mike, which displayed killer instinct in dominating the first set. CTMB won the match 2-1, by scores of 25-27, 25-11 and 15-9. Though CTMB featured a cohesive team performance in executing the victory, the performance of volleyball players Bella Hu '13 and Lauren Berens '13 was just too much for Bump Set Mike to handle.

In an equally exciting match in the women's division, Airborne defeated Practice Safe Sets 2-1 by scores of 19-25, 25-21 and 15-9 to earn themselves the title of Intramural Champions. Jolie Whitebook '13 and Stephanie Anciro '16 led the way for Airborne with a series of sets and spikes, and ultimately sealed the match for their team.

Although there was quite a bit of passion evident out on the court given the stage of competition, it appeared that overall, the season was successful in terms of balancing competition with enjoyment of the game.

Intramural veteran and six-time champion Pat Seaward '13 shared his thoughts on the season quoting Sun Su; "'The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable.' I think this quote perfectly sums up what I saw out there on the volleyball courts in 2012."

With the Intramural volleyball season concluded, the next competitions are table tennis and then badminton and basketball after the break. The Intramural Sports would like to thank all participants for a fun and exciting tournament.