Janieva Tauanuu lead Long Beach City College women’s volleyball with 11 points and 9 kills defeat El Camino College 25-12, 25-14, 25-22 on the road on Nov. 10.
The Vikings were able to pull out a 25-12 win in the first set with big kills from middle blocker, Kennedy Freeman, and opposite hitter, Janieva Tauanuu. The Vikings totaled 12 kills in the first set as a team.
Setter Pearlnaiah Tuliau had three serving aces for the Vikings, helping to give the girls a lead in the second set.
A couple decent rallys between the teams occurred, but with great defense and persistent attacks, the Vikings pulled through with a 25-14 win, and 15 kills for the second set.
The final set was close, with the Warriors trailing the Vikings by only a few points throughout the set.
The Vikings won the final set with a close 25-22 score and 10 kills for the third set with some big hits from middle blocker Abeni Williams-Lowery, and outside hitter, Caleyse Saunders.
“I’m extremely proud of them, they’ve been through a lot…every week it’s been a battle for them, and to come out and win in an away game and in three says a lot about them,” said Head Coach Tyler Jackson.
Coach Jackson said the athletes just need to work on staying calm and mature towards the end of the sets and not rushing the win, but overall feels like they played very strong.
Janieva Tauanuu led the team in kills with a total of nine on her own. Tauanuu was injured just before Conference play started, but made it back to the court recently and just in time for some of their final games of Conference.
“I feel like I definitely gave it my all, this was a really important match for us so I felt like I just had to go out there and do what I had to do,” said Tauanuu.
The LBCC women’s volleyball team competed in the SCC Tournaments this past weekend and is awaiting their next match on November 20, for the SoCal Regional Playoffs.