Girls Volleyball (8-5, 5-0)
Breakers swept their league showdown at Calvary Chapel (13-6, 4-1) last Wednesday, Oct. 5, before a large and boisterous crowd. The 25-14, 27-25, 25-15 win was due to the 15 kills by Lexi McKeown and the tough serving by the visitors that racked up 13 aces including six by Elena Gillespie and four from Lucy Fontenot. On defense, McKeown had 16 digs while Katie Hayden and Hallie Carballo each had 11. The contested second set appeared to be going Calvary’s way with the Eagles leading 25-24 and their gym rocking. The Eagles missed their serve to tie the set at 25 then Laguna made it 26-25 on a McKeown dig to Peri Brennan followed by a great set to Soren Patchell for the kill and finally Callista Wulff sealed the victory with a service ace to silence the gym.
Laguna’s lower level teams handled the crowd too as JV (11-4, 4-0) won 25-8, 25-18 and Frosh Soph (10-5, 5-0) won 25-18, 25-23.
This past week Laguna faced Godinez and Costa Mesa, on Tuesday and Thursday, Oct. 11 and 13. Over the weekend, Laguna competes in the 14th Annual Southern California Invitational at Alliant International University in San Diego. The 32-team event features ranked teams from Nevada, Utah, and Arizona. On Friday, Oct. 14, Breakers will play Eastlake/Chula Vista, Hamilton/Chandler AZ, and Aliso Niguel.
Girls Volleyball League Win Streaks
105 2005 – CURRENT
105 1988-99.
Laguna was required to forfeit a match in 1992 (game was not played) due to a league penalty. The streak was 43 games from 1988-1992 and 62 in-a-row from 1992 to 1999. The on-the-court streak ended with a loss to Corona del Mar.
41 1980-84 (ended with a loss to Corona del Mar)
36 1974-77 (ended with a loss to Corona del Mar)
35 1977 – 80 (ended with a loss to Dana Hills)
On Thursday 10-6, the Girls Volleyball Alumni team rallied to defeated the varsity 2 sets to one as Stephanie Darnall Chapel ‘06, Chanel Stewart ‘11, MacKenzie Hester ‘11 and Avery Bush’12 were dominant on offense, Whitney Aronoff ‘99 served as the setter while Margarita Trevino Edep ‘84 and Julie Hillman Evans ‘81 provided defensive duties. The team was coached by Shawn Patchell (HC 1998.-01)
Boys Sand Volleyball 4-0
Breakers revenged last year’s title game with a 5.5 – 1.0 victory over Saddleback Valley Christian last Thursday, Oct. 6 at Doheny Beach.
No. 1 team Cole Paxson & Pete Obradovich lost 17-21, 18-21; No. 2 Sam Burgi & Enzo Sadler won 24-22, 16-21, 16-14; No. 3 Josh McManus & Aryton Garcia won 21-16, 10-21, 15-11; No. 4 Cameron Garcia & George Knapp won 21-10, 21-17; No. 5 Andrew Reavis & Bryce Dvorak won 21-16, 21-14; and four-man team of Paxson, Obradovich, Burgi, and McManus won 28-26.
