On a rainy Friday night, the women’s volleyball team  beat Cerritos for its second sweep against the Falcons 25-17, 25-20, and  25-13.

Since losing a non-conference game at Fullerton College, the Warriors have been undefeated in conference play, at 11-0.

“We had a lot of blocks tonight, and a lot of people are improving at the right time,” Coach Le Valley Pattison said. “Also Tarryn is playing well and she doesn’t make a lot of mistakes and Lauren (Edwards) has been taking on quite of load as of late, but we are fun to watch right now.”

The first game started off with both teams coming on strong early. Tied up at 3-3, Lauren Edwards and Tarryn Luafalemana, both middle blockers, started to erupt early showing strong leadership.

From then on it was all EC. With the aggressive play of Luafalemana, the Warriors came out with the win 25-17.

“I had an opportunity to start tonight so I made the best of it,” Luafalemana said. “Our passing was great tonight, it helped us win.”

Game two started off with Cerritos getting some early momentum, going up 3-1. EC then made a huge run of its own going on a 4-0 run to make the game 5-5.

It was a back-and-forth game for a while, including six ties and six lead changes. 

Once tied at 15-15, EC got a burst of energy going on a 10-5 run to close the game 25-20. Setter Sarah McFadden and middle blocker Nigeria Owens made a huge impact in the game.

“I have been working on my blocking and it paid off tonight,” Owens said. “We just have to keep playing as a team and pass well.”

Game three was a different story. The Warriors started off well and never looked back.

Keeping its distance throughout the game, the Warriors kept at least a 5 point gap after going 10-5. With the defensive specialist libero Keely Stevenson diving on the floor, the Warriors won big 25-13.

“We passed really well and our hitters didn’t really make any mistakes,” Stevenson said.

Luafalemana had 10 kills and seven digs, Stevenson had 10 digs, McFadden had 31 assists, Owens had seven blocks and five kills, and Lauren Edwards had seven kills, seven digs and three blocks. Also Barnes had 10 kills and two blocks.

With the playoffs coming up soon, the team is more focused than ever to win this year.

“We look really good right now,” Luafalemana said. “Everybody better watch out.”