Outside hitter Alden Jacobs scored the last point for the Vikings men’s volleyball team after a dramatic comeback to win the match 3-2 against Moorpark College at the LBCC Gymnasium on Friday.
With this victory, the Vikings extended their win streak to seven games in the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) making them first place in the Northern Division-Central Conference.
The scores of the five sets were 25-17, 14-25, 21-25,25-21 and 15-12.
“I’m more concerned about our style of play, most of my team is young and we play against top teams. We lost some games at the start of the season but after finding our footing we managed to play better,” said LBCC coach Joshua Nells.
Setter Willy Wang has reached some great numbers this season with a total of 11 matches played, 33 sets, and has assisted his teammates 289 times reaching an 8.76 assist per set for the Viking so far this season.
“I think we were lacking confidence at the beginning of the year, but we are doing better now.” LBCC setter Willy Wang said.
Libero Kody Castellon has been a fundamental player for the Vikings to keep the winning streak going, with 11 matches and 36 sets played he totals 71 digs making 1.97 digs per set.
“Without my teammates killing the balls I throw I would not be able to make a single assist,” LBCC setter Willy Wang said.
At this point of the season, LBCC outside hitters Bryce Bowsher and Alden Jacobs have scored 105 kills each and reached a 3.28 and 2.44 kill per set.
Moorepark outside hitter Taylor Phillips demonstrated a great performance by hitting a respectable 16 kills with 29 total attempts totaling a kill percentage of .483.
“I did my job, and hope I can help the team more,” said LBCC outside hitter Nathan Kramer just after his second game back after recovering from a six week ankle injury.
The Vikings have proven to be in amazing form averaging 9.69 kills per set overall in the current season.
LBCC’s next home game will be against Pierce College at the LBCC Gymnasium on March 26 at 6:00 p.m.
The Vikings next away game will face Antelope Valley College at the Newton Chalette Court in Lancaster on March 28 at 6:00 p.m.