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 2004
California Community Colleges
Commission on Athletics
Women's Volleyball Championships
Presented
by the Stockton Sports Commission
(Double-elimination
tournament)
Day 1, at San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA
Friday, Dec. 3 Results
Game 1--South No. 3 San
Diego Mesa (19-3) d. North No. 2 Taft (21-2),
30-23, 22-30, 30-15, 22-30, 17-15
Recap: The San Diego Mesa
Olympians used 17 kills by Amanda Pfielschiefter and 15 kills and 13 digs by
AVCA All-American Bri Beal to pull out a five-gamer over Taft. Mesa also had
both Rayna Richardson and Melissa Ford in double figures in kills with 10 each,
while setter Jessica Endean added 47 assists and 12 digs. Ford led the team
with 17 digs. Taft was paced by All-State hitter Kaena Apana and Pikake Nutter-Gaudet
with 22 kills each, while Janice Fonoti added 15 kills. All-State setter Lehua
Yap had 56 assists. Taft will play Sacramento City in a 9 a.m. loser's bracket
match Saturday. San Diego Mesa faces Golden West at 12 noon in the winner's
bracket.
Game 2-South No. 2 LA
Pierce (18-2) d. North No. 3 Butte (20-2),
30-21, 30-22, 30-21 at Marcopulos Gym
Recap: The Brahmas of LA
Pierce swept Golden Valley champion Butte behind All-State outside hitter Tanya
White's 14 kills and four blocks. Erin Lawhorn tallied 11 kills, making just
one error in 16 attempts (.625 percentage). Setter Samantha Sullivan added 44
assists and Jenise Espindola 10 digs. For Butte, Melissa Page had seven kills,
while Natasha Marquis scored six blocks. Libero Cassidy Smith also contributed
17 digs. LA Pierce plays the winner of the Cypress-San Joaquin Delta match at
12 noon in the winner's bracket. Butte plays the loser of that match at 9 a.m.
in the loser's bracket.
Game 3, North No. 1 San
Joaquin Delta (20-1) d. South No. 4 Cypress (12-9),
30-27, 23-30, 30-18, 39-37 at Blanchard Gym
Recap: The North top-seed
Mustangs didn't disappoint their home gym crowd with a four-game win over the
Cinderella Chargers of Cypress. Delta won a marathon fourth game at 39-37, the
highest score ever in a state tournament match. Delta was led by Cindy Stayton
with 27 kills and 14 digs, while Sarah Buhr had 20 kills and 15 digs. For Cypress,
Breezie James spiked 19 kills and Tordra Sessions had 18 kills. Delta will face
LA Pierce in a 12 noon winner's bracket match Saturday at Marcopulos Gym, while
Cypress faces faces Butte in the loser's bracket at 9 a.m. (Blanchard Gym).
Game 4-South No. 1 Golden
West (22-1) d. North No. 4 Sacramento City (17-5),
30-8, 30-26, 30-14 at Marcopulos Gym
Recap: The 11-time defending
state champion Rustlers of Golden West blew away Sacramento in the first game
en route to a sweep in their first round match. Golden West was led by Sarah
Hudson with 17 kills (.471 hitting percentage) and All-American libero Katie
Jackels with 19 digs. Chelsea Carroll had four aces and Ashley Miller contributed
35 assists. Sacramento made a strong run in the second game, tying it 24-24,
before falling 30-26. Sac City was led by All-American Deja Sweeney with nine
kills, 13 digs and five blocks. India Fayne added six solo blocks and Trisha
Frudden scored eight kills and 12 digs. The Rustlers' Hudson had two straight
kills to finish off the final game.
Recaps by Robert Lewis
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