Olympian ladies sweep Cal Lutheran
9/3/10 – The Mesa WVB team responded to its mediocre effort on Wednesday night with a 25-12, 25-19, 25-17 sweep of visiting Cal Lutheran, at the Mesa gymnasium.
Strong serving from the entire starting lineup forced CLU out of system much of game one, resulting in an easy Olympian set win. Playing its season opener, the Regals responded with stronger play in set two, but back-to-back Laura Plumb and Kelsey Magness kills pushed Mesa to an early 8-5 lead in game two. A Magness ace got Mesa to 18-13, and a Karina Heredia kill pushed Mesa to 20-17. Another Plumb kill made the score 22-18, on the way to an Olympian set two win. After CLU went out to a six-point lead to start set three, an ace in a three point Plumb serving streak drew the Olympians even at 11. A kill from Delea Pursel and an ace from Ali Loepfe pushed Mesa to a two-point lead at 16-14. A Jeana Holman kill would get Mesa to 19-17, a Plumb kill made it 21-17, and a kill from Magness gained match point and the win for the Olympians.
The Olympian ladies travel to Long Beach City College on Wednesday, Sept. 8, for a non-conference match.
Olympians win 2010 season opener over Saddleback, 3-2
9/1/10 - The Mesa WVB team survived an error-filled effort by both squads, to come out with a 25-23, 24-26, 17-25, 25-11, 15-12 win over visiting Saddleback College in the season opener for both teams.
A Kelsey Magness kill drew Mesa even at 16-16 in game one, and a Tamara Sims kill and ace helped Mesa forge a 22-19 lead, on the way to the set one win. An Alycia Dawson kill helped Mesa to a 17-12 lead in game two, but the Gauchos used untimely Mesa errors to regain the lead and set win. After another Saddleback win in game three, a lineup change fired up the Olympians in game four. A Dawson ace got Mesa to 10-4, Karina Heredia and Magness kills increased the lead to 13-7 and 16-9, three consecutive Alli Loepfe aces made it 19-9, and another Magness kill finished off the 25-11 set win. After Saddleback went out 5-1 to begin game five, a Magness kill drew the Olympians even at 5-5. Two Laura Plumb kills got Mesa to a 10-8 lead, and a Heredia kill gave Mesa three match points. A Gaucho service error gave Mesa the match win.
The Olympians continue their short two-match homestand on Friday, when they host Cal Lutheran at 6:00 pm in the Mesa Gymnasium.
Congratulations to Nissy Martinez for winning the Super Star Award at Mesa's 3rd Annual STAR Awards Banquet! This award recognizes academic, athletic, community and team spirit, and leadership and is given to one athlete out of all the sports at Mesa! We are proud of you Nissy.
Congratulations to Heather Hartwell, Denisse Martinez and Amber Davidson for qualifying for the CCCWVCA All Scholar Team. Mesa Scholar Award winners for having a 3.5 and above: Laura Plumb (4.0) and Heather Hartwell (3.59) congrats and way to go!
Amber Davidson will be continuing her academic and athletic career at San Diego State University! Congrats and good luck Amber!
The Olympians (11-1/16-7) finish the 2009 season tied with Palomar for first place in the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference. This is the 5th conference championship in six years for the Olympians. First Team All Conference honors went to Amber Davidson, Joslin Alexander, and Delea Pursel. Kelsey Magness made Second Team All Coneference while Lidsey Jardine earned Honorable Mention.
The Olympians seeded #15 continued play versus the #2 seed El Camino College. The team battled and played very well but came up short losing 20-25, 23-25, 20-25 to end the season. "I was very proud of how our team came out agaisnt El Camino'" said Coach Kim Lester. " We had a great game plan but we just didn't execute it the way we needed in order to win. I'm proud of how our team battled".
The Olympians finished second in the Pacific Coast Conference this year making it the first time since 2004 that they have not won the conference. Sophomore Brittany Moss and Freshman Amber Davidson received First Team All Conference while Freshman Joslin Alexander was selected to the Second Team. The team was seeded 7th in the So. Cal Regionals and lost to Golden West in the first round. Overall, the Olmpians finish 19-7 and 15th in the State.
The team will return seven in 2009. Coach Kim Lester feels the Olympians have the potential to contend for the conference championship with the ultimate goal of making it to the state championship tournament.
Congratulations to Anne Vaughan on accepting a scholarship to plat at Florida Atlantic University. Good luck Anne!!!
Congratulations to Bobbie Jo Stall on accepting a scholarship to play at East Carolina University. Way to go BJ!!!
Congratulations to Jessica LaScola on committing to play for Long Beach State. You rock Jessica!!!
Congratulations to Ashton O'Halloran on accepting a scholarship to play at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, TN. Good luck Ashton!
Anne Vaughan was voted as Pacific Coast Conference MVP for 2007. She was also voted to the All Region, All State, and All American 2nd Team.
Alyssa Factuar, Bobbie Jo Stall, and Jessica Lascola were voted to the PCC All Conference 1st Team for 2007.
Mesa College women's volleyball went 12-0 again in Pacific Coast Conference play for the 4th straight year. Over the past 4 years they have culminated a record of 59-1 in Pacific Coast Conference play and have been undefeated conference champions for the past 4 years.