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Osan’s Clarice Lee hits against CAJ’s Annabelle Rudd.

Osan's Clarice Lee hits against CAJ's Annabelle Rudd. (Greg Holladay/Special to Stripes)

OKOTA AIR BASE, Japan – Twenty-five years apart, Lisa Cummings showed she’s just as capable of winning Far East Division II volleyball tournament titles as a setter and a coach.

The 2002 Christian Academy Japan graduate and Knights’ fourth-year coach claimed that honor at Yokota High School, as CAJ held off a stubborn Osan team 25-19, 22-25, 25-18, 25-19 in Saturday’s championship match.

“It’s amazing,” Cummings said. “I never thought I would win as a coach, too.”

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