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Brahmas maintain first place in WSC-East, stay at No. 4 in state

FELIPE GAMINO Sports Editor @fgamino13

Since beating the number one seed Cabrillo College, the Brahmas kept the winning streak going as they beat Allan Hancock College on Friday.

With the win the Brahmas go 14-5 and remain first in the Western State-East conference after 19 games played in the season. They also move up six places as they are the fourth ranked team in state.

Throughout the game, the team dominated, including two of three sets the Brahmas won by an abismal difference.

In the first set, the team won 25-6 while in the second they won 25-5. In the last set, Hancock showed fight and only lost that set by nine points.

Head Coach Nabil Mardini mentioned that he’s happy to keep winning as long as there is progress coming from his players.

“It’s all good, as long as we make progress. For me winning is good, but bottomline we need to keep practicing and keep getting better,” Mardini said.

Cairo Harell and Anamaria Stanciu each had 11 kills, but had Harell had better kill percentage with 64.3 percent.

Rachel Wiley had four kills, while Haley Rouselle, Shari Volpis and Sydney Long had three kills each.

Tallie Monsalve had four service aces, while Victoria Estes, Linnea Romero had three. Rouselle, Long, Monsalve and Merisa Marquez

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we can come in the more healthy team that gives us an advantage.”

According to Sims, quarterback Jhakari Harrison has been dealing with turf toe, and his status for Saturday’s game is uncertain. The Brahmas have utilized a rotation of Jonathon Saavedra and Harrison behind center throughout the season.

“I really think Jhakari could help us, because there’s some things Valley does that we can expose with a fast quarterback. Hopefully, he’s ready to go Saturday.”

The bye week provided time for preparation, but it also gave an extra week for the taste of the 31-13 drubbing by the San Diego Mesa College Olympians to linger in the Brahmas’ mouths.

“Everybody knows we just didn’t come out,” Sims said. “I don’t know if it was the overflow from the week before having a victory. I think it was good for us going into conference to be brought back to reality and realize that we have to work hard to win. Sometimes in a loss you can find a positive.”

The season has been up-anddown, both on and off the field. Pierce has alternated wins and losses through the first five games, but the record doesn’t reflect the season’s struggles and triumphs.

Following a week two victory against LA Southwest College, head coach Jason Sabolic and defensive coordinator Torry Hughes were fired for, reportedly, a decorum violation stemming from that game.

Sims, the strength coach and fitness coordinator, stepped in as interim head coach and has led the team to a 1-2 record since.

“If I get the team that played Mt. San Jacinto back, then we’ll be good,” Sims said. “If I get the team that played last week we’re in trouble. It depends who shows up, and we’re going to work real hard to make sure the right team shows up.”

The American Pacific Conference is still up for grabs with five of six teams at either 3-2 or 2-3 at the start of conference play. Allan Hancock College (3-2) heads to Santa Barbara Community College (3-2) while Antelope Valley College (2-3) hosts Citrus College (1-4).

“We’ve got to go into every Saturday ready to play,” Sims said. “It’s never going to be a situation where we walk in and this is supposed to be our game. We’re going to have to earn every win.” jmanes.roundupnews@gmail.com had two service aces each.

The Brahmas are back on the field following their bye Tuesday and 7-0 loss to College of the Canyons.

Pierce will host the Santa Monica College Corsairs at The Pit Santa Monica visit Brahma territory following a win against Victor Valley College and Glendale Community College.

With the loss, the Brahmas sit in second place in the Western StateSouth conference.

The Corsairs sit in first place with a 7-3-2 overall record. The game begins at 4 p.m.

Mardini mentioned that he played most of his bench players and the reason why the first two sets the scores were huge was because the other team was inferior.

“It’s an inferior team. We are supposed to beat a team like that,” Mardini said. “We didn’t play all the stars. We played the entire bench and we played well. When you play teams like that, you never want to play down.” fgamino.roundupnews@gmail.com

For Hancock, Mitzi Garcia was the best player as she had two kills, while Isabella Albano, Kaelyn Mossholder and Amiee Domingues had one kill each.

Anamaria Stanciu mentioned the team did pretty good despite they could have been more clinical in the game.

“It was a good game. I feel we could have done a better job and play the way we play Brahma ball. I felt we could have done a lot better,” Stanciu said.

Stanciu mentioned that despite who they play they should always perform to the standards that the team requires.

“Regardless of any team, I feel that we should play the way we know how to play, not mattering who is on the other side, we should just focus on our side,” Stanciu said.

The Brahmas had a total of 41 kills, 18 servce aces and 21 digs.

Brahma of the Week

Cairo Harrell

Sport: Volleyball

Position: MB

Class: Sophomore

Hometown: Lancaster, CA

11 kills in the game against Hancock College

How did you feel about your performance?

“I felt I did good. I thought I played like I should play against a team that is weaker than us.”

What do you feel you can improve on?

“Hitting that cut back. Moving more to the center and being available as possible.”

What are your individual goals for the remainder of the season?

“To be an outstanding teammate and trying to be a selfless player and show that I’m here for anybody.”

How do you want your coaches to remember you by?

“I want them to remember me by my mouth and my voice.”