California High School Volleyball - Canoga Park over Lake Balboa College Prep
April 18, 2024: Lake Balboa, CA 91406 The crowd at Thursday's non-league bout between the Canoga Park Hunters (Canoga Park, CA) and the host Lake Balboa College Prep Cougars (Lake Balboa, CA), saw Canoga Park's volleyball squad beat Lake Balboa College Prep by a tally of 3-0.
With the win, Canoga Park upgrades its record to 10-13 on the year. The Hunters travel to University Prep Value (Los Angeles, CA) to play the Wolves in a non-league bout on Saturday, April 20. The Wolves go into the bout with a record of 13-15. University Prep Value lost 3-0 in their recent non-league bout against Providence (Burbank, CA)
The Cougars now own a 10-5 record. They play next when they travel to Magnolia Science Academy Reseda for a Central Valley bout on Friday, April 19.
Match Summary
The Lake Balboa Cougars had no reply to the offensive aplomb of the Canoga Park Hunters in a tough 3 game loss. The Cougars hit .000 in set 1 followed by a -.067 showing in set 2. The last set was a toughie with Lake Balboa holding a narrow 22-21 lead only to give ground at the finish. We hit .129 in set 3 & .021 for the match. That's not gonna' get it done. Lake Balboa's D had 54 digs to Canoga's 53. Cougar passers were only beaten 6 times but the Hunters only missed 3. Canoga's setter was smooth & ran their offense like a well oiled machine. LBCP was rung up for a staggering 9 ball handling errors. The Cougar offense had 22 smokers but it was pretty much neutralized by 20 hitting errors. In guys volleyball the emphasis is on hitting. Only blocking can stop hard hitting. You can't trade digs for spikes without some return fire of your own. As Duke Ellington might say "It don't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing!" Congrats to the victorious Hunters & their coach Jason Carbonell.
