California High School Volleyball - Lake Balboa College Prep crushed by Sun Valley Magnet
October 4, 2024: Sun Valley, CA 91352 The Sun Valley Magnet Pioneers prevailed the visiting Lake Balboa College Prep Cougars volleyball squad by a final score of 3-0 in Friday's league game.
Next up, the Pioneers confront the Magnolia Science Academy Van Nuys Mustang (Van Nuys, CA) in a Central Valley game, on Monday, October 7. Sun Valley Magnet will attempt to advance on its 9-9 season record. The Mustang enter the game with a 1-7 record after their 3-0 league loss to Magnolia Science Academy Reseda (Reseda, CA).
The Cougars (3-9) will now prepare for their game against Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology (Sun Valley, CA). The Griffins enter the Central Valley game with a 0-9 record. In their last game, Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology was dropped by Discovery (Sylmar, CA), 3-1, in a league game.
Match Summary
The Sun Valley Magnet Pioneers showed why they are the #1 team in the Central Valley League with tough serving (18 aces), a powerful offense, & an air tight defense (45 digs). Lake Balboa was short in every category of comparison. The lone highlight for the Cougars was the debut of Molly Yeagley at Libero where she sparkled with 15 digs & was the holla' back girl on defense exhorting her teammates to keep fighting. LBCP hit only .015 for the match with a reception error percentage passing of 30.5%. Only Athena Orujyan could handle the strong Pioneer serving at 9.1% while passing a 2.27 average on the 5 point USA Volleyball scale to lead the team in both categories. Athena also showed up on defense to help out with 10 digs. Darla Wiltz had 6 kills for the match. Lake Balboa takes their show on the road to play the Griffons of Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology on Monday in Sun Valley.
