LBCC swept LA Harbor 3-0 with sophomore middle blocker Jubilee Allen landing the final winning point, bringing the women’s volleyball team to a 13-game winning streak this season.
Despite the Seagulls landing a point within the first few minutes, LBCC’s team kept their cool and quickly bounced back with a point of their own, sustaining vigor throughout the match.
During the second round, LAHC adopted an aggressive play securing a string of points but were thwarted by LBCC who re-assumed dominance over the round.
The scores for each round were 25-11, 25-14, 25-12, with LAHC never eclipsing halfway to the 25-point mark.
Right-side Opposite hitter Enaya Vaielua said that the team still has some stuff to work on for the next game.
“I say not getting in our heads as much, we were messing up but it was silly mistakes that we were doing. After we mess up we would worry about that play before, so we just have to stop doing that and we’ll be good,” Vaielua said.
When LAHC did bring their A-game it brought a lengthy and tense back and forth between the two teams.
More than once the play was brought to the net as both teams scrambled around trying to assert control of the ball.
Last season LBCC’s team had started strong but their winning streak was interrupted by the 13th game.
When asked what had changed since then, Director of Volleyball Operations Tyler Jackson credited depth and program growth.
“A lot has changed, we have some injuries now but we have such a deep bench that it doesn’t really feel like it or seem like it. Last year we had some injuries around the same time but we didn’t have a strong second string coming in,” Jackson said, “We have an amazing coach too, we have coach Josh [Nehls] on the men’s side he’s been helping us out as well. We have a few of our Alum on our staff. So overall we’re just more complete as a program.”
Alanna Jones, one of the injured players, has scored 10 points in total while serving. With a total of 72.5 points despite having to sit out the first two games of this season.
When Jones was asked what the most difficult part of the game was, she answered that it was keeping a top player’s state of mind.
“For our team, it was making sure we played a top three team in the state, making sure we played at our best. Even though it was not the hardest team we’ve faced, it was making sure that we stood as a program on top and acted like it,” Jones said.
LBCC’s women’s volleyball team’s next match is a home game against El Camino on October, 9th at 6 p.m.