Long Beach City College men’s volleyball team swept the visiting Los Angeles Pierce College 3-0 on March 25 with the scores 25-14, 25-11, and 25-16 with the Vikings improving to a 11-3 overall record.
The game was the start of the second round of the South Coast Conference for the Vikings and was a huge game to win at home.
Head Coach Jonathan Charette broke down the plan for the Vikings coming out of the gates.
“We wanted to serve aggressively and do a good job at the net blocking. We knew if we served tough, they had the slower offense which allowed our blockers to set up better. That was our plan, serve tough and stop them at the net,” said Charette.
The whole team contributed to 11 team total blocks which was a huge factor in defeating Pierce.
Opposing hitter Uriel Batista led the team with five of those 11 blocks, which then led the whole team to keep the pressure.
“It came from practice, we keep the energy high all the time in practice. They had big hitters, so we needed to be in good position to block. The energy was not easy to keep at all times but with the huddles we needed to keep our communications up,” Batista said.
Defensive Specialist Edgar Sanchez came off the bench with three service aces, three digs, and three assists.
Sanchez was more of the facilitator as he would trust his guys more in the duration of the game.
“We been together for a couple years and we been playing with each other for quite some time. In practice, we would go hard and carry it out here with every play,” Sanchez said.
The score did not come close for Pierce, they struggled to find the weaknesses of Long Beach and could not come back.
Coach Charette had no worries about the performance the team.
“There were no adjustments needed. The guys did well with reading and reacting with Pierce and they just did a really good job. We stopped them at the net and that was our main goal,” Charette said.
The Vikings are scheduled to play their next game against El Camino at home on March 27 at 6 p.m.
Long Beach City College men’s volleyball team swept the visiting Los Angeles Pierce College 3-0 on March 25 with the scores 25-14, 25-11, and 25-16 with the Vikings improving to a 11-3 overall record.
The game was the start of the second round of the South Coast Conference for the Vikings and was a huge game to win at home.
Head Coach Jonathan Charette broke down the plan for the Vikings coming out of the gates.
“We wanted to serve aggressively and do a good job at the net blocking. We knew if we served tough, they had the slower offense which allowed our blockers to set up better. That was our plan, serve tough and stop them at the net,” said Charette.
The whole team contributed to 11 team total blocks which was a huge factor in defeating Pierce.
Opposing hitter Uriel Batista led the team with five of those 11 blocks, which then led the whole team to keep the pressure.
“It came from practice, we keep the energy high all the time in practice. They had big hitters, so we needed to be in good position to block. The energy was not easy to keep at all times but with the huddles we needed to keep our communications up,” Batista said.
Defensive Specialist Edgar Sanchez came off the bench with three service aces, three digs, and three assists.
Sanchez was more of the facilitator as he would trust his guys more in the duration of the game.
“We been together for a couple years and we been playing with each other for quite some time. In practice, we would go hard and carry it out here with every play,” Sanchez said.
The score did not come close for Pierce, they struggled to find the weaknesses of Long Beach and could not come back.
Coach Charette had no worries about the performance the team.
“There were no adjustments needed. The guys did well with reading and reacting with Pierce and they just did a really good job. We stopped them at the net and that was our main goal,” Charette said.
The Vikings are scheduled to play their next game at Santa Monica College on April 3 at 5 p.m.