Glendora, CA (Volleyball) – The 2006 Citrus College Lady Owls Volleyball squad continued to roll through their competition as they displaced Cuesta College in 3 straight games, 30-26, 30-22, and 34-32. The win is the Lady Owl’s 8th win in a row, and 3rd straight in WSC play.
In the first game the Lady Owls stumbled a bit out of the gate trailing by 3, but after tying the game at 10-10 the Lady Owls wouldn’t look back going on to win 30-26. In the second game the Lady Owls rolled, leading throughout the game with the exception of one point at 1-2. After losing the second game 30-22, Cuesta College came roaring back taking a commanding 6-1 lead to start game 3. The Lady Owls would battle back to within 2 at 10-12, but would see that margin widen again as Cuesta would go on a 7 point run.
The 3rd game would go back and forth, until the Lady Owls had their backs against the wall trailing 25-29 and game point for Cuesta. With Tracy Lofgren serving, Kelly Fink would go on to tally 4 kills in 5 plays to pull even with Cuesta at 30-30. The Owls would trade points with the Cougars until at 32 all, Lucero Vargas and Lauren Bjorklund would get back to back kills winning the game and match at 34-32.
In the win Kelly Fink led all players with 24 kills, while Lucero Vargas recorded 10. Tracy Lofgren, in only her third game setting dished out 34 assists, and led the team in digs with 16. Jennifer Washington continued her dominance on the net with 1 solo block and 4 assisted blocks.
With the win the #7 ranked Lady Owls improve to 10-1 on the season and 3-0 in WSC play. Next up for the Lady Owls will be 2 more home contests beginning with Bakersfield College on Tuesday October 17, 2006. Game time will be at 7:00 PM.