CARSON –The Stan State volleyball team traveled to Carson, Calif. Thursday, to participate in the two-day SoCal Freeway Challenge On the first day, the women beat Cal State Dominguez Hills 3-0 and dropped 0-3 to Azusa Pacific.
Against Azusa Pacific, the Warriors made 35 assists, 36 kills and 50 digs. Whereas against the Toros the team made 27 kills, 25 assists and 35 digs.
The Warriors advance to 4-2 as the Toros fall to 0-4 and Azusa goes to 3-3.
LEADING THE WAY IN GAME ONE
- Devan Rose made 10 kills as a top player for the Warriors. She also had three blocks.
- Right behind Rose, Mya Marshall had nine kills and ten digs.
- Haley Burdo has been on fire the last few games and this night was no different. Burdo made 13 assists and eight digs.
- Newcomer Ambria Schneringer has been showing us her talent as she made 12 assists in Thursday's game.
- Chelsey Berry made 12 digs and four assists.
TAKING DOWN THE TOROS
- Once again Marshall was killing it with ten kills and three blocks.
- Ambria Schneringer is showing herself to be an incredible team player as she had ten assists against the Toros.
- Yisel Perez made ten kills.
- Haley Burdo was up once again with 15 assists and five aces.
- Chelsey Berry had eight digs and five assists.
THOUGHTS FROM HEAD COACH MACI MURDOCK
"We struggled to get our rhythm with our first match against Azusa Pacific. We made a lot of unforced errors and weren't being aggressive at the net. They were a great blocking team and put pressure on our hitters, but we were able to learn from that match and move on. They came out ready to go against Dominguez Hills and put pressure on early in the game. We served tough, played great defense, and did well on passing. We have two very good teams that we play tomorrow so we have to be ready early on in the game. If we serve tough, have good defense, and work to swing high hands we will do well!"
NEXT UP
Each game showed its strengths and weaknesses despite a win and loss. Two more games stand between the Warriors and the final outcome of this tournament.
The team will take on Concordia University, Irvine and Point Loma on Friday, September 10 at Noon and 5:30 p.m.
