Warriors Drop Conference Showdown with Mounties
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
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Mt. San Antonio (17-4, 9-1) | 25 | 25 | 17 | 26 | 3 |
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El Camino (7-10, 7-3) | 22 | 15 | 25 | 24 | 1 |
TORRANCE, Calif. --- In a battle for the top spot in the South Coast Conference, El Camino College came up a couple of games short in a 3-1 (25-22, 25-15, 17-25, 26-24) loss to first-place Mount San Antonio on Wednesday night at the ECC Gym Complex.
The Warriors (7-10, 7-3) fell to two games back of the Mounties (17-4, 9-1) in the SCC standings after the loss on Wednesday. The Warriors were outhit .231 to .218 but the teams were relatively even offensively with the Mounties logging 53 kills and 19 errors on 147 swings while the Warriors posted 51 kills and 19 errors on 147 swings.
The difference came in the service game as the Warriors made 12 service errors and had nine receiving errors despite posting 10 aces. The Mounties had just five service errors to go with 10 receiving errors, a big difference as the match was decided in a tight fourth set.
In the final frame, the Mounties tallied four of their nine aces to help quell the Warriors blistering 17-kill frame. Leafa Juarez and Alex Perryman each posted five kills in the final frame but it was not enough.
Juarez finished the match with 16 kills with seven errors on 46 swings while Perryman had 10 kills and five errors on 25 attempts. Mya Johnson also added 10 kills in the loss while Jayden Zabala dished out 41 assists.
For the Mounties, Angelina Burton led the way with 15 kills while Allison Whiteman had 14 kills with Kylie Rhodes and Capri Salmon combined for 42 assists.
The Warriors will now travel to Long Beach on Friday to wrap up the week and try to bounce back. First serve is set for 6 p.m.
