Volleyball Recap: Manual Arts Takes a Loss

After flying high against Santee last Friday, Manual Arts came back down to earth. Manual Arts came up short against the Los Angeles Romans on Wednesday, falling 3-0. The Toilers have struggled against the Romans recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive lost meeting.

Manual Arts took the loss but they managed to make steady progress, increasing their score in every set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-21, 25-22.

Alejando Mejia

Attacks Kills

03/26/25 @ Los Angeles	20
03/21/25 vs Santee	22
03/19/25 vs Dr. Maya Angelou Community	18
03/12/25 @ Jefferson	24
03/07/25 vs West Adams	14

Despite the loss, Manual Arts still got an impressive performance from Alejando Mejia, who hit 81.8% for 20 kills and 15 digs, three blocks, and three aces. Mejia is crushing it when it comes to kills: he's had at least 14 every time he's taken the court this season.

Mejia wasn't the only one working in the hitting percentage department: Manual Arts couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 60.7% of their attack attempts. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a hitting percentage of 60.7% or higher in three consecutive matchups.

Manual Arts now has a losing record of 3-4. As for Los Angeles, the win (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 5-10.

We've got plenty of inter-league action coming up soon. Manual Arts will square off against rival Diego Rivera at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Los Angeles is set to take on their familiar foe Math & Science College Preparatory at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.