California High School Volleyball - Lake Balboa College Prep edged by Community Charter
February 24, 2025: Lake Balboa, CA 91406
The Lake Balboa College Prep Cougars volleyball squad (Lake Balboa, CA), was edged 3-2 in Monday's non-league battle with the visiting Community Charter Titans (Lakeview Terrace, CA)
With the win, Community Charter improves its record to 1-0 on the season. The Titans travel to Arleta (Arleta, CA) to encounter the Mustangs in a non-league battle on Friday, February 28. The Mustangs go into the battle with a record of 0-0.
The Cougars now own a 0-1 record. They put it on the line next when they host Animo South Los Angeles for a non-league battle on Monday, March 3.
Match Summary
Opening night in the Cougadome was an extremely hard fought affair. After trading blows with convincing wins in sets 1 & 2, set 3 was a knock down drag 'em out battle. Each team held off several game points but at the final whistle Lake Balboa was victorious. You never want to celebrate too hard too soon. There was still a lot of ball to play against a team that had just put up a whale of a fight only to lose by a whisker. After leading 12-10 LBCP went flat & found themselves trailing 14-20 but then surged back 20-21. Community Charter then made a run of 4 points to win a very pivotal set. Lake Balboa played to not lose while the Titans hammered away at the Cougar defense. Trading digs versus spikes is always a losing proposition. You have to be able to return fire. History repeated itself as the score was locked at 12 all before another 3 point run gave Community Charter the win. With any combination of 3 more kills or digs in set 5 the result would be different. It was that close.
