“Lets Go ElCo! Lets Go!” A packed gym, filled with roaring fans at the edge of their seats, cheered on for EC, to keep the pressure and defense on.

On Friday night the men’s volleyball team swept a strong Long Beach City College side that came in search of revenge, after El Camino had defeated them in their home side in their first encounter.

“Coming out of the loss against Santa Monica, we wanted to bring that fire again,” Errol Basconcillo, sophomore player, said. “We just stayed focus the entire game.”

Santa Monica stopped EC’s long streak of wins, and EC knew it was important to be resilient after a tough loss.

“We just came in today fire up,” sophomore and captain, Roy Powell said. “We weren’t going to take a loss.”

The strong Long Beach side were 6-1 before facing EC and they started off the game aggressively and were rewarded by clutching the first set by the score of 26-24.

“We let up. Took the foot off the gas,” Head Coach Richard Blount said. “We had that problem in the past and hopefully we’re growing out of it.”

The second set saw the Warriors pushing harder for every point and limited their errors, taking the set easily by the score of 25-14.

“The only way that we were able to take that is just to kick them all the way down,” Powell said.

Powell had another stellar night providing the team with 18 kills and10 digs.

“The guys came out here with the biggest hearts in the word,” Powell added. “I couldn’t ask for anything different.”

The third and fourth set were intense; both sides fought for every point, but in the end, EC took both sets by the scores of 25-20 and 25-21.

“Our guys really responded tonight,” Coach Blount said.

The entire team synchronized on Friday night. Errol Basconcillo had a great game providing with 22 digs, as well as Brandon Hiehle who provided with 16 kills, and Nick Williamson who provided the team with an incredible 57 assists.

”We couldn’t have done it without everyone,” Basconcillo said. “We owe it all to them.”

EC are now 8-1 in the season, and their next opponent is Moorpark. The Warriors will look to maintain their high performance as Playoffs creeps near.

“We swept probably the best team in the state. We beat them in their place and we beat them in our place,” Coach Blount said. “That’ll tell everyone else, “Hey! We’re here to play. We’re not going anywhere.”