The No. 17 state-ranked Long Beach City College volleyball team cruised to a three-game sweep of visiting cross town rival Cerritos College in a South Coast Conference match on Wednesday night. The Falcons dropped the match by scores of 15-30, 30-32 and 15-30. The win improved Long Beach to 8-3 overall and 1-1 in the SCC, while Cerritos dropped to 0-13 and 0-2 in conference play. The Falcons will look for their first win of the season when they host Los Angeles Trade-Tech College at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.

    After a quick first-game win for the Vikings, Cerritos came storming out in the second to build a 14-9 lead. Long Beach went on a 9-5 run to cut the Falcons advantage to 19-18, but Cerritos came right back to extend its lead to 23-19. With Cerritos clinging to a 25-24 advantage, the Vikings rallied behind the serving of Alo Taumanupepe to score four straight points and take a 28-25 lead that they wouldn't give up. Losing game two seemed to drain the Falcons as LBCC easily took the third to complete the sweep.

    Freshmen Brittany Hayes (Artesia HS) and Samantha Montiel (Montebello HS) shared the team lead with five kills apiece, while a quartet of players had four kills on the night. Sophomore Vanessa Mojica (Whittier HS) held the back line with 13 digs and also served up two aces, while freshman setter Desiree Cortez (Elizabeth Learning Center HS) took over the setter duties in favor of freshman Julie Reich (La Mirada HS), who missed the match, and posted 23 assists. Sophomores Kristin Mendoza (St. Paul HS), Adriana Fletes (Downey HS) and Natalie Barajas (California HS), along with freshman Teresa Orejel (Santa Fe HS) all four kills.