California High School Volleyball - Lake Balboa College Prep bounced by Lakeview Charter
March 7, 2025: Sylmar, CA 91342 The Lake Balboa College Prep Cougars volleyball squad (Lake Balboa, CA), dropped 3-0 in Friday's non-league battle with the host Lakeview Charter Lions (Sylmar, CA)
With the win, Lakeview Charter improves its record to 2-2 on the season. The Lions host Valor Academy (Van Nuys, CA) to encounter the in a non-league battle on Tuesday, March 11. The go into the battle with a record of 0-0.
The Cougars now own a 0-4 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Bert Corona Charter for a non-league battle on Monday, March 10. Lake Balboa College Prep will encounter a Knights squad coming off a 3-1 non-league win over Magnolia Science Academy 5 (Reseda, CA). The Knights record now stands at 1-0.
Match Summary
Lake Balboa got off to a great start 3-0 in set 1 only to cough it up & trail 3-6 in the next rotation. Lakeview Charter held off the Cougars & led 15-10 until LBCP mounted a charge & closed to 15-16. That's as close as we came as the Lions swept to the finish line behind a 10-5 closing kick. The teams traded points early on in set 2 until Lake Balboa opened a 9-6 lead only to fritter it away at 9 all. Again both teams traded blows with the Cougars up 20-19 only to watch it slip away to 20-21. 21 all gave way to a 4 point collapse for another victory by Lakeview Charter. The teal & black battled valiantly to 10 all before the Lions ran it to 13-11 but the Rocky Balboas again challenged their hosts with a 15-13 lead. The home team lead 19-17 but Lake Balboa closed to 18-19. LC scored 5 unanswered points to take it to match point at 24-19. The Lions held a 1 to 6 ratio to close out the match but the Cougars did a goal line stand fending off 4 match points before losing 23-25.
