California High School Volleyball - West Ranch over Simi Valley
February 19, 2019: Valencia, CA 91381 The West Ranch Wildcats (Valencia, CA) volleyball overcame the visiting Simi Valley Pioneers (Simi Valley, CA), 3-1 in Tuesday's non-league outing.
With the win, West Ranch upgrades its record to 1-0 on the year. The Wildcats travel to Crescenta Valley (La Crescenta, CA) to face the Falcons in a non-league outing on Friday, February 22. The Falcons go into the outing with a record of 1-0. Crescenta Valley won 3-0 in their recent non-league outing against Claremont (Claremont, CA)
The Pioneers now own a 0-1 record. They play next when they host Quartz Hill for a non-league outing on Wednesday, February 20. Simi Valley will face a Rebels squad coming off a 3-0 non-league win over Saugus (Saugus, CA). The Rebels record now stands at 1-0.
Match Summary
Junior outside hitter Zack Drake and Senior outside hitter Tristin Clint led the offense with 13 and 12 kills respectively as the Wildcats from a first set defeat to win their season opening match of the year. Set scores were 25-27, 25-13, 25-22, 25-23. Junior setter Johnny Buchanan handed out 26 assists and paced the offense to a .303 hitting efficiency, while junior libero Spencer Birchall locked down the defense with 14 digs and 5 aces.
