Best Volleyball Blocks Ever with Scott Sterling

Scott Sterling is BACK defending his team in the Volleyball Championship. And as per usual, Sterling isn't going down without a BIG fight!

## Transcript

Jason: Welcome back to our coverage of the NCAA men's volleyball championships between Yale and North Carolina.
Stephen: If you're just joining us, it has been a rollercoaster of an evening. Both teams now tied at two sets apiece. The winner of this final set will be the national champions.
Jason: North Carolina leading by one. Yale and their team captain Scott Sterling...
Stephen: Love that man!
Jason: Don't we all? ...trying desperately to hold them here or it's all over.

Stephen: Match point for the Tar Heals, Jones is preparing for what may be the last serve of his college career.
Jason: And here we go!
Stephen: Excellent serve.
Jason: Johnson setting up, here comes the spike.
Stephen: Yale has to stop this return or... oh, deflected right to Scott Sterling's face!
Jason: And Yale ties it up!
Stephen: Unbelievable!
Jason: Buckle up, ladies and gentlemen, because Scott Sterling's face has entered the building!
Stephen: Take a gander at this replay.
Jason: The angle at which Sterling deflects the ball off his skull is nothing short of perfection!
Stephen: Like watching Da Vinci paint with his face!

Jason: Yale now on the prowl to take the lead.
Stephen: And Carolina setting up what is bound to be a devastating return, and here it comes... Oh!
Jason: Oh! Sterling makes another tremendous save!
Stephen: And North Carolina's wasting no t... mother of pearl! Oh!
Jason: Sterling scores!
Stephen: Welcome to the heavyweight bout between Sterling's face and everything else!
Jason: He looks as though he could be praying!
Stephen: The peaceful visage of head trauma.
Jason: We are all witnessing...
Stephen: Testify!
Jason: Let us feast on the sweet nectar of instant replay.
Stephen: Wonderful save here, just complete sacrifice.
Jason: The ball flies right past the blockers into Sterling's awaiting face, back over the net, and then right back to Sterling's face like an obese homing pigeon.
Stephen: The man will leave this court today, knowing he gave everything he could if he leaves at all.
Jason: The crowd is now on their feet.
Stephen: Like mythical Atlas who bore the weight of the world upon his back, so too has Scott Sterling bore this team upon his face.

Jason: Yale has come back from the brink, and is looking to put this one into the history books.
Stephen: Matchpoint for Yale!
Jason: Can Carolina finally push one through? Sterling, Brown, Sterling!
Stephen: Did you see that?
Jason: Here comes a spike straight to the man!
Stephen: The myth! The legend!
Jason: The legend! His teammates help him to his feet.
Stephen: No!
Jason: They raise him heavenward. Oh!
Stephen: Oh! He did it! He did it! Scott Sterling scores! He ascended through the air like a defensive angel!
Jason: An angel with the face of a devil!
Stephen: Look at this replay! One is the loneliest number!
Jason: Two tickets to paradise!
Stephen: Three times a lady! Forever young!
Jason: Forever young! As the crowd charges the court, the people are weeping.
Stephen: Tears of joy!
Jason: The tweets are tweeting!
Stephen: #Scottsterling!
Jason: The hospitals are preparing to receive the man himself!
Stephen: The eighth wonder of the world!
Jason: The Great Wall of Sterling!
Stephen: I'll tell you one thing: when Armageddon comes, I want to be in a bunker made of that man's face!
Jason: Until next time. Good night everyone.
Stephen: Good night everyone.

## Trivia

* This is the second-most popular sketch of Studio C, with over 55 million views, behind Top Soccer Shootout Ever With Scott Sterling.
* The working title of this sketch was *Scott Sterling Volleyball*.
* This sketch was filmed on November 14, 2015, exactly one year after its prequel was uploaded.
* This is the second sketch featuring the recurring character Scott Sterling.
	+ Once again, the two teams involved are *North Carolina* and *Yale*.
* This is the first sketch since **The Medieval Presidential Debate** to only feature male cast members.
	+ Adam Berg is the only cast member to have been featured in Top Soccer Shootout Ever With Scott Sterling but not in this sketch.
* This sketch features Jared Mecham as team coach, while several YouTubers appeared in the stands as extras.
* Jason Gray and Stephen Meek both have an appearance in the sketch as well as a voice-only role as the commentators.
* This sketch was also featured in an episode of **Kids React**, like its prequel.
* This sketch was filmed at the *BYU George Albert Smith Fieldhouse*, the home of the volleyball teams of BYU in Provo, Utah.
* It was revealed that the wide shots were digitally enhanced, while the close-ups were real, by throwing a (softer) volleyball in Matt's face.
	+ Stephen Meek actually got hit in the face during the day of shooting.
* The audience was divided into supporting teams based on the first letter of the surname, with A to M rooting for Yale, and N to Z rooting for North Carolina.
* Extras were recruited through an advertisement on Facebook.