Lions Cruise Past Oaks

Recap, photo courtesy of Vanguard.

ATHERTON, Calif. – Riding high from the dominance less than a day before in the decisive fifth set, the Lions (7-12, 4-2) sprang out to a hot 25-10 first set win over Menlo College (9-11, 1-5) before winning in straight sets. Vanguard won 25-22 and 25-21 in the final two sets thanks to 29 combined kills. The Blue and Gold earned a .323 hitting percentage for the match nearly double the Oaks' .125% rate.

"Today we came together, focused in, and did our jobs well," remarked Rory McCloy(SR/Colorado Springs, CO). "We knew what we had to do in order to be successful and we accomplished that."

Juanae Johnson (JR/Santa Monica, CA) brought the hammer recording 15 kills for a .367 kill percentage; Shaylen Larson-Piper (SO/Elizabeth, CO) and Hailey Gordon (SO/San Diego, CA) rode shot gun as they each tallied seven kills on 15 attempts each. Kelly Dalrymple(SR/Poway, CA) recorded 22 of the teams 39 assists. In the quick three set match, Rebecca Lowden (SO/Glendora, CA) dug 16 of the Oaks' attempts. Chelsea Taylor (FR/Murrieta, CA) scored the lone solo block for VU while Gordon had a team high five block assists.

"We played very well today and it feels great to get two road wins," head coach Eryn Lejareported. "It was good to see them elevate their level of play after last night; another great performance by Juanae and Becca."

Next Match: Tuesday, October 4th at Biola University at 7:00 p.m.

-GOLD PRIDE-