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The Cerritos
College volleyball opened the 2009 season over the
weekend by playing in the Cuyamaca Tournament, which
was a series of round-robin matches. The Falcons won
five of the nine games they played and swept both
games against both Cuyamaca College (25-17, 25-15)
and Chaffey College (25-23, 25-18), while taking one
of three games against Cypress College (25-19,
21-25, 11-15). The team was also swept in two close
matches against College of the Desert (22-25,
23-25). Cerritos will now enter the San Diego Mesa
Tournament, which will take place this Friday and
Saturday.
The tournament
opened with sophomore outside hitter
Sarah Naranjo (Santa Fe HS)
taking control with 12 kills and four service aces
in the two games against Cuyamaca. Sophomore outside
hitter Yawen
Zhan (China) was also
effective at the net with eight kills and no errors,
while sophomore setter
Monique Gayton (La Serna HS)
dished out 20 assists and had the team's lone block.
Although she
wasn't as potent at the net against Cypress, Naranjo
worked the back row and finished with a team-high 10
digs to go along with her four kills. Freshman
outside hitter Chanelle Puou
(California HS) had a team-high 12 kills,
with Zhan finishing with five kills. Gayton once
again controlled the offense with 22 assists and
joined Zhan and Puou with two blocks each.
The Falcons
struggled getting the ball over the net against
College of the Desert, and finished with 15 kill
errors, with Naranjo leading the team with five
kills. Puou was joined by sophomore
Cynthia
Andrade (South Gate HS) with
four kills each, while freshman
Sarah
Rodriguez (Montebello HS)
added three and four digs. Gayton (10 assists)
shared the setting duties with sophomore
Kristen Trillo (Sante Fe HS), who
finished with seven assists.
In the final two
games, freshman
Christina Contreras (Santa Fe HS)
stepped up and led the way with seven kills in 10
attempts, while Rodriguez finished with six and Naranjo
added five and three digs. Freshman
Johanna Tope
(Bellflower HS) posted four kills, while Trillo
checked in with 12 assists, three service aces and
two digs.
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