Freshman Anthony Wong-Orantes scored the game winning point in the third set to give the Vikings a 3-0 shutout against Antelope Valley on Friday.
“Means a lot to me. I thought that we all played well. I was feeling hot and I was lucky to have the setter set me at the last play,” Wong-Orantes said.
The offense came up big for the Vikings as it would help them again huge multi point leads against Antelope Valley.
“We are growing as a team. Starting from the beginning of the season where we had a few hard losses in five, now we are a lot more confident even when we get to the top teams, we are playing at a much higher level than all of them,” head coach Angel Nikolov said.
The Vikings took the first set with a score 25-16, the second set 25-10 and third set 25–18.
Wong-Ornate puts in a multi point night scoring multiple times during the second and thrid set for the Vikings
Wong-Orantes wasn’t the only player on the team to have a multi point night for the Vikings.
Sophomore Billy Veng also put up a multi point night scoring multiple times in each set for the Vikings.
The defense stood out in the first and second set but still seemed to lack communication at times during the third set.
“That’s something that we are talking about in every practice, which is just trying to build up a leader on the court, someone who can lead the guys especially in the moments when we are struggling. It takes time, it takes experience but I until the of the year we can have someone who can help with that,” Nikolov said,
This allowed Antelope Valley to almost tie the game but the Vikings offense would get it together as they were able to complete the shutout.
Antelope Valley had their chances but seemed to lack offense and defense as they would miss play the ball multiple times allowing the Vikings to maintain their lead.
With this win the vikings would have a four game winning streak, extend their conference record to 4-0, their overall record to 5-5 as the team are playing another conference game at home against El Camino Wednesday starting at 6 P.M.