Pirates deep-six Brahmas No. 2

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The No. 6 Brahmas fell in four sets (25-18, 25-22, 13-25, 25-21)

Friday night at home to the powerhouse No. 2 Orange Coast College Pirates. The victory was Orange Coast’s ninth in a row.

The Brahmas seemed overmatched in the first two sets. The high-powered offense of Orange Coast was too much to handle.

Justin Kam, who leads the Pirates in kills for the season, and Jordan Hoppe were a one-two punch that the Brahmas couldn’t recover from.

An ace from Hoppe made the score 24-18 and the first set fell out of reach.

“We have some good leadership and the older guys really came through tonight,” Orange Coast coach Travis Turner said. “We have some sophomores and that helps.”

Pierce kept it close in the second set with key kills from Trenton Sellers and Brandon Oswald, but they again fell short, 25-22.

Baseball

[From Kovach,Brahmas roll, pg. 8]

Although the Brahmas were ahead of the Monarchs for the duration of the game, concentration on fellow teammates and shouts of support were lackluster.

“Our dugout was terrible,” Picketts said. “I just had a talk with them about that. Their intensity wasn’t very good. In order for us to be a better team, a