Freshmen outside hitters Callissa Candalot and Tiara Moseby led the Long Beach City College women’s volleyball team with 10 kills each as they swept visiting team LA Harbor Seahawks 3-0 with scores of 25-18, 25-10, 25-19 on Oct. 11.
The Vikings are on an eight game winning streak and now hold an overall record of 11-5 and a 6-0 record in the South Coast Conference.
Coming in with confidence, the Vikings won the first three sets of the game not giving the Seahawks the lead.
Vikings had a slow start in the first set as they were head to head but improved communication and finished off strong winning the set and ended with 16 kills and 43 total attempts.
Outside hitter Tiara Moseby ensured to better communication moving forward.
“Communication is something we really need to work on as a team, the minute we bettered our communication tonight we looked better,” Moseby said.
“Being consistent with it is also very important and it showed tonight.”
Along with the 10 kills, Moseby ended with 13 digs and one assist.
With better communication Vikings came out stronger in the second set taking lead the entire set finishing with a hitting percentage of .379.
“I’m happy we won, but as the coaching staff we always focus on and look at the things we need to work on,” head coach for Long Beach Misty May Treanor said.
“Our errors, communication, and consistency is what showed tonight that we need to work on.”
Last and final set, Seahawks attacked as it was a closer game but the Vikings prevailed and defended their home court, putting an end to the game.
“As we keep progressing throughout the season, we’re learning not to drop our mentality,” freshman defensive specialist and outside hitter Celestial Ropati said. “We’re going to keep fighting for each other.”
Ropati led the Vikings with 16 digs and ended with a killing percentage of .500, three assists, and one kill.
The Vikings will be back on the court and take on visiting team El Camino College on Oct. 16 at 6pm.