California High School Volleyball - Lake Balboa College Prep over Discovery
September 15, 2025: Lake Balboa, CA 91406
The Lake Balboa College Prep Cougars (Lake Balboa, CA) volleyball knocked off the visiting Discovery Warriors (Sylmar, CA), 3-0 in Monday's league bout.
The Cougars now possess a 9-4 record. They play next when they travel to Magnolia Science Academy Van Nuys for a Central Valley match on Thursday, September 18. Lake Balboa College Prep will battle a Mustang squad coming off a 3-0 non-league win over Magnolia Science Academy 5 (Reseda, CA). The Mustang record now stands at 3-2.
Next, the Warriors battle the New West Charter Eagles (Los Angeles, CA) in a non-league contest, on Friday, September 19. Discovery will attempt to improve on its 6-4 season record. The Eagles go into the battle with a 10-2 record after their 3-0 league win over Animo South Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA).
Match Summary
In set 1 it didn't take long for Lake Balboa to stake out a 7-3 lead. 3 rotations later they were running in the open field 14-5 & won going away 11-5 to finish. Again the Cougars bounced out to an early lead 6-2 behind the tough serving of Darla Wiltz. Athena Orujyan's rotation made it 10-4. Kennia Martinez Ayala's serving stretched it out to 15-7. The Warriors battled back to within 3 at 13-16 only to have the Lake Show respond at 20-13 behind Darla again. 5-5 sideout ball & Laketown was in the catbird seat 2-0. Discovery Prep came out hot in set 3 leading 5-2. The Cougars closed to 5-7 led by Athena O. again. Moments later it was 12-6 DP. Nare Orujyan subbed in at middle passer to restore law & order. The teal & black started to whittle away at the lead only to have the determined Warriors take a commanding lead of 15-9. The visitor's last stand was at 17-14. Athena took her team to 18 all. Lake Balboa finished the match with a 7-1 closing kick for the win behind Nare's serving.
