Calling for the ball sophomore outside hitter Kimberly Haney leaps in the air and knocks the ball past the defender to give the Warriors a point.

Haney was a standout chipping in 14 kills for the team against Chaffey College in its first tourney at the Long Beach City College last Friday.

The team would also go on to win its second game of the tournament against San Diego Mesa College.

“It went really well,” Haney said. “Last year we lost to San Diego it was nice to come out this year and beat them in three games.”

The team was communicating very well the entire tournament, making hitting and defending decisions with ease.

“We were talking a lot,” Haney said. “If we made a mistake, we just had to shake it off and not just keep it in if there was a mistake.”

Along with Haney’s performance sophomore outside hitter Nicole Echeverri knocked in 11 kills herself and freshan outside hitter knocked in six herself.

Echeverri is coming back from an injury last year, but feels her progress and physical therapy is coming along well to begin this season.

“It’s been interesting,” Echeverri said. “Definitely getting back into shape is really hard. Before I got injured I was in really good shape. I worked really hard to get to that point and then when I got injured I lost all the muscle in my leg. So, I have to regain all that, but it’s been good. I’m really glad I’m back.”

The team was dominant against Chaffey after starting off slow. The team swept Chaffey 25-17, 25-11, 25-11.

“Our defense is really good,” Echeverri said. “We’re not the strongest or the tallest team in the conference, but definitely our defense. We started a little slow in both of the matches but definitely got momentum as the games went on.

The team was able to complete its second sweep of the tournament against San Diego Mesa, 25-14, 25-18, 25-23.

“I was pretty surprised,” sophomore setter Nicole Fraker said. “We’re such a young team, so it’s pretty rewarding when we do reallyt well in tournaments and games.”

The team will be outsized in most of its matches this season so it will have to use its scrappiness on defense to stay in games.

“We’re a scrappy team,” Fraker said. “We’ll get balls up that you think you wouldn’t think we could get up.”

The team will look to continue its undefeated start when it travels to Cerritos College Friday and Saturday for a tournament.

“I think we’ll go pretty far,” Fraker said. “We’re a really talented team. Once we start to get going we could be unstoppable.”