Being down 23-20 in the first set did not stop the women’s volleyball team from attempting to come back and take the momentum against Cypress College.
A Warriors three-point run tied the game at 23 and forced a Cypress College timeout.
The timeout did not help Cypress as El Camino closed out the set 25-23 taking a set lead 1-0.
But after dominating all weekend, only losing one set in four matches, the women’s volleyball team fell to Cypress College in four (25-23, 17-25, 23-25, 18-25) and claimed second place in the tournament.
The women’s volleyball team (9-2) went into the match somewhat tired after dealing with Santa Monica College in three sets (25-16, 25-19, 25-23) and College of the Canyons in four sets (25-13, 25-12, 18-25, 25-19) at the Cerritos Tournament on Saturday.
After two matches, the Warriors did not come out with enough energy to overcome the opponents, Coach Le Valley Pattison said.
“They weren’t consistent,” Pattinson said. “Our side was kind of tired on an emotional level.”
Freshman outside hitter Taylor Brydon led the team with 11 kills followed by sophomore outside hitter Kezia Boyer’s nine kills.
Boyer also led the team in digs with 14 followed by sophomore libero and co-captain Brooke Russell’s 12 digs.
The team will take Monday off, but will focus on passing and outside hitter swinging on Tuesday to prepare for Wednesday when they host Cypress College in hopes of a rematch and some revenge.
Freshman outside hitter Skyler Ceballos found a lot of play time during this weekend of matches and thought the team did good, but should work on some things.
“We did really well I thought,” Ceballos said. “We need to work a lot harder and focus on talking a lot more and maybe get some revenge (on Wednesday).”
Russell thought there were things the team needed to work on for the future.
“We need to work on our energy,” Russell said. “We have to come out on fire. (Cypress) had a lot of energy and really put the ball away.”
On the way to the second-day championship, the Warriors dismantled their first-day opponents.
The Warriors played two schools, Imperial Valley College (25-13, 25-9, 25-14) and Yuba College (25-21, 25-18, 25-21), sweeping both teams in the process.
Sophomore middle blocker Jewel Yandall had some brutal honesty to share about most of her opponents.
“(Santa Monica) was more ready, and they put up a better fight (compared to the first match-up),” she said. “(College of the Canyons) was good, I think they played their best. Their best just wasn’t enough.”
The Warriors will host East Los Angeles College for their first conference game of the season on Oct. 2 at 6 p.m. in the South Gym.
