SBCC stormed back from a 2-0 game deficit to tie Glendale before falling in the fifth game on Tuesday in a nonconference women’s volleyball match at the Sports Pavilion. The scores were 25-23, 25-20, 16-25, 16-25, 15-11.
The Vaqueros (1-6) were playing without starting setter Amelia Shugrue, who was sidelined by a chronic foot injury. Roxanne Solomita played well in her absence and hustled out for the fifth game after getting treatment for a thigh injury.
Freshman Sam Potter had a season-high 28 kills and Vanessa Shaw also notched a season best with 37 digs.
” Games 3 and 4 were good,” said SBCC coach Ed Gover. “We played much steadier. We had better passing, better hitting and better composure. We’re a young team and we didn’t have our No. 1 setter. When you don’t have your starting setter, you’re going to struggle.”
Tara Ahern, a 5-10 hitter from Oaks Christian High, keyed a 7-3 run that gave the Vaqueros a 17-11 lead in Game 3. She had four blocks and a couple of aces in the game.
“We’re making young, young mistakes,” Gover concluded. “We have to learn how to win and I don’t know when it’s going to happen.”
