Volleyball Recap: Nancy Lopez Leads a Balanced Attack to Beat Bel Air

By Team Reports Sep 24, 2024, 10:10pm

Volleyball Recap: Americas Trail Blazers vs. Bel Air Highlanders

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Americas had already won five in a row and they went ahead and made it six on Friday. Everything went their way against the Bel Air Highlanders as they made off with a 3-0 victory. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Trail Blazers also won the last time the pair played back in August of 2023.

Americas was especially dominant in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-16, 25-21.

Americas' success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Nancy Lopez led the charge by getting 12 digs and five aces. The dominant performance gave Lopez a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Zoe Zuniga, who had 16 digs.

Americas is on a roll lately: they've won 19 of their last 20 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 27-4 record this season. As for Bel Air, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 10-13.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Americas will host Parkland at 6:35 p.m. on Friday. Americas will be looking to keep their six-game home win streak dating back to last season alive. After both having extra time off, Bel Air and Horizon will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 6:35 p.m. on Friday. Bel Air is facing Horizon at the right time seeing as Horizon is stuck on a three-game losing streak.

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