California High School Volleyball - Lake Balboa College Prep Magnolia Science Academy Van Nuys
April 12, 2024: Lake Balboa, CA 91406
The Magnolia Science Academy Van Nuys Mustang volleyball team scored 3 points and limited the host Lake Balboa College Prep Cougars to 1 in the Mustang league victory on Friday.
The Mustang now have a 9-2 record. They put it on the line next when they host Sun Valley Magnet for a Central Valley game on Wednesday, April 17. Magnolia Science Academy Van Nuys will meet a Pioneers team coming off a 2-0 non-league loss to Triumph Charter (Sylmar, CA). The Pioneers record now stands at 5-10.
The Cougars (9-4) will now prepare for their game against CHAMPS (Van Nuys, CA). The Panthers enter the non-league game with a 0-7 record.
Match Summary
The Magnolia Science Academy Van Nuys Mustangs rode into the Cougardome & put on a hitting display. Both teams fired away in all out brawl. When the smoke cleared, the 'Stangs were the clear winners in 4. Had this been a basketball scoreboard, the score would have ended in the 4th quarter at 92 all & we would have gone to overtime. That's how close these two teams were. Defensively MSAVN edged LBCP 48 to 45 in digs. The difference of the match was Lake Balboa's 16 service errors. Take back 8 of those freebies & the end result could have been very different. Lake Balboa's outside hitter Daniel Ancheta did most of the heavy lifting for the Cougars with 13 tatoos on the hardwood in 33 swings for a .273 effort. The real quality for LBCP came from the other outside hitter who kept finding the holes in the Magnolia defense with 6 put aways in 9 swings with 10 digs. .300 & better is considered good. Arturo hit an otherworldly .667 against, at this moment, the best team in the league.
