California High School Volleyball - University over Lake Balboa College Prep
April 20, 2024: Lake Balboa, CA 91406 The University Wildcats (Los Angeles, CA) volleyball overcame the host Lake Balboa College Prep Cougars (Lake Balboa, CA), 2-0 in Saturday's non-league outing.
With the win, University upgrades its record to 15-9 on the year. The Wildcats travel to Kennedy (Granada Hills, CA) to play the Cougars in a non-league outing on Saturday, April 20. The Cougars go into the outing with a record of 16-15. Kennedy lost 3-1 in their recent league outing against Reseda (Reseda, CA)
The Cougars now own a 12-8 record. They play next when they host South East for a non-league outing on Saturday, April 20. Lake Balboa College Prep will play a Jaguars squad coming off a 3-0 league win over Huntington Park (Huntington Park, CA). The Jaguars record now stands at 14-7.
Match Summary
The other heavyweight appeared in our pool in round 2: the University Wildcats. Set 1 wasn't even close with Uni winning handily on their machine like execution. LBCP's Daniel Ancheta put up a valiant effort with 4 kills in 14 swings for a .286 hitting percentage. Set 2 was a fight. Setter Spencer Donovan found the hot horse in fellow setter Narek Manukyan. Narek terminated 6 of his 9 swings for a stratospheric .667 showing. He also had 6 assists, 6 digs, a block solo, & a block assist. However, it is a team game after all. 1 player is usually not enough to win. The rest of the team hit .000 in set 2. The Cougar defense battled back to rack up total 24 digs but more were needed to stop the University offense. Kennedy & Uni should be the favorites in the deciding pool play match for playoffs. That should be quite the match to see! Overall it was an improvement for Lake Balboa but playing short with only 1 front row middle blocker proved to be too big of a handicap.
