California High School Volleyball - Sun Valley Magnet over Lake Balboa College Prep
April 10, 2024: Lake Balboa, CA 91406 The crowd at Wednesday's league bout between the Sun Valley Magnet Pioneers (Sun Valley, CA) and the host Lake Balboa College Prep Cougars (Lake Balboa, CA), saw Sun Valley Magnet's volleyball squad beat Lake Balboa College Prep by a tally of 3-1.
With the win, Sun Valley Magnet upgrades its record to 4-7 on the year. The Pioneers travel to Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology (Sun Valley, CA) to play the Griffins in a Central Valley bout on Friday, April 12. The Griffins go into the bout with a record of 0-8. Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology lost 3-1 in their recent league bout against Valor Academy (Van Nuys, CA)
The Cougars now own a 9-3 record. They play next when they host Magnolia Science Academy Van Nuys for a Central Valley bout on Friday, April 12. Lake Balboa College Prep will play a Mustang squad coming off a 3-0 league win over Magnolia Science Academy Reseda (Reseda, CA). The Mustang record now stands at 8-2.
Match Summary
Sun Valley Magnet out-dueled the Lake Balboa Cougars in 4. All of the sets were close & extremely hard fought. 6 times the Pioneers tore off runs of 4 or more points in their lineup. The Cougars could only reply 4 times. The Cougars struggled offensively with too many hitting errors (32) & key defensive lapses. Sun Valley served very tough. If the main passers didn't take the ball Lake Balboa could only mount an offense 2 out of 15 times. Defensively Sun Valley fought LBCP to a near draw 68 to 67. Outside hitter Daniel Ancheta paced the Cougar offense with 18 kills while hitting .123 in 47 swings. Setter Narek Manukyan put up 17 assists. Middle blocker Chris Garcia rang up a stellar 6 block assists! Oppo Armen Boursalian tied with OH Arturo Pelaez at 13 digs each. Pelaez was the lone Cougar shining brightly with his outstanding passing & only missed 1 of his 34 passes. He also had 5 service aces & 3 block assists.
