SBCC extended first-place Long Beach to overtime in the first set Wednesday before dropping a 35-33, 30-22, 30-27 men’s volleyball decision to the Vikings.
Pete Aronchick, a 6-6 freshman from Santa Barbara High, had a season-high 22 kills for the Vaqueros (6-4, 1-2), who’ve dropped four of their last five after starting 5-0. Long Beach is 9-1 and 3-0 in the WSC.
In the opening set, the Vaqueros led 16-12 and had three set points.
“We were right there with them,” said coach Melody Parker. “The difference was they had a better hitting percentage.”
Jonathan Newton hit .333 and Andrew Thomason had 11 digs. Justin Hertlein produced 10 kills and Miles Evans added nine.
The Vaqueros will host Santa Monica on Wednesday at 6 p.m.
