#9 Women's Volleyball defeat Cerritos and El Camino for a pair of 3-1 wins

#9 Women's Volleyball defeat Cerritos and El Camino for a pair of 3-1 wins
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September 16, 2024

The #9 Women's Volleyball teamed moved into the 10 in the CCCWVCA State Poll last week before hosting Cerritos and El Camino. The Raiders opened the week with a 3-1 win over Cerritos. 25-18, 23-25, 25-21, & 25-20. In their second game of the week, the Raiders hosted El Camino and got the reverse sweep, 3-1. 24-26, 25-11, 25-27, & 25-23.

The Raiders opened the Cerritos game with a 25-18 game one win and they were looking for the sweep. Cerritos had other ideas as they took game two, 23-25. All of a sudden the Raiders found themselves in a battle. Though the the scores were not indicative, both games 3 and 4 were close, but the Raiders eventually took control late in both games to get the 3-1 win. Alesia Thomas continued her hot hitting with 18 kills and 9 digs. Grace Hazelton added 14 kills and had 10 digs. Abby Montana had 11 kills, Gabby Shirado had 43 assists. Prior Borick had 17 digs.

The Raiders capped off the week hosting El Camino on a Friday and the Warriors caught the Raiders thinking about the week-end, taking game 1, 24-26. The Raiders responded with a quick game two win, 25-11. Game three was a back and forth affair until the Raiders grabbed control late in the game and was able to get the 25-17. In game 4, the Raiders fought from behind most of the game. At one point the Raiders trailed 10-16 before the put together a rally outscoring the Warriors, 8-1 to take a 18-17 point lead. However El Camino would battle back and tie the game at 20-20, 21-21, 22-22 before the Raiders 23-22 lead. A Hazelton kill and a El Camino error gave the Raiders the game and match. Once again it was the Alesia Thomas show with 26 kills with 9 digs. Grace Hazelton had 16 kills. Gabby Shirado had 44 assists and Prior Borick had 12 digs.

With the two wins, the Riaders run their record to 7-2 overall.

The Raiders will host Mira Costa on Wednesday, 9/18 at 1p and will travel to take on Canyons on Friday, 9/20 at 6p.