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Spiking the competition
Volleyball team wins 23 games in a row
Eli Diaz / Roundup
Women’s volleyball remains undefeated, improving to an impressive 23-0, winning all three sets against Glendale Community College on Friday.
The Brahmas were playing solid early on and were able to dish out an impressive 14-0 run in the first set, winning by a score of 25-7, seemingly looking as though they would cruise through the Vaquero squad without any problems.
However, Pierce got too comfortable and made some sloppy mistake in the second and third sets, with scores of 25-18, 25-20.
Co-captain Kathleen Wright had a solid game with 8 aces and 16 digs to add to her resume.
Wright is averaging a team best of 2.00 digs per game.
Wright was confident in her teams ability to stride to victory while preparing to face a tough opponent.
“We didn’t want to fall down to their level, or give them free points on their errors because that’s what we did last time we played them”, said sophomore Kathleen Wright.
“We came in knowing what we were going to do against them, made sure our defense is really in line, kept the ball on our side so we can put it away during serving, and we did a better job executing.”
Pierce was able to recover and maintain control for the rest of the match.
Freshman Danielle Hochman explained the framework for their success on the past 23 victories.
“First game we played very well together as a team, when we play together we cut down on our errors”, said Hochman.
“We really need to stay focused, but well learn from it and come out the next game even stronger.”
Freshman Danetta Boykin contributed with 16 kills.
Boykin is averaging an impressive 5.33 kills per game.
“Communication is key,” said freshman Danetta Boykin. “We have to serve tougher, take it game by game, and not get to crazy. We can’t think about it too much and stay focused.”
The team doesn’t seemed to worried about the playoffs being just around the corner.
Also, Hochman sent a message to their upcoming playoff opponents.
“I cant wait to go to the playoffs and face some teams that will hopefully give us some competition,” Said Hochman. “Give us your best game.”
Pierce will stay home in their next game vs. Santa Monica on Wednesday, Nov. 9 @ 7 p.m.
