A Mixed Bag
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
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Citrus | 13 | 25 | 18 | 18 | 1 |
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San Diego Mesa | 25 | 17 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | T | |
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Palomar | 25 | 26 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 2 |
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Citrus | 23 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 15 | 3 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
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Citrus | 25 | 18 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
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Long Beach | 19 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 1 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | |
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Citrus | 15 | 16 | 19 | 0 |
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LA Pierce | 25 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
San Diego, CA -- The Citrus College Volleyball team headed South this weekend to participate in the 28th Annual San Diego Mesa College Tournament. It was a tough tournament, and the Owls came back home with a mixed bag, pulling off wins against Palomar and Long Beach, but falling to San Diego Mesa and LA Pierce as well.
The weekend opened up with Palomar College on Friday morning, and Citrus got a handful from the Comets. The Owls dropped the first two sets 23-25 and 24-26, before storming back and claiming the final three sets 25-11, 25-22, and 15-8. Sophomore Kayla Eddings led the way in the win with a team high 12 kills and team best 24 digs. Freshman Kaylee Johnson added 11 kills and sophomore Kiyhanna Dade chipped in with 23 digs.
In their second contest later that day, took on the weekend's host having lost to the Olympians in five sets just a week prior. The Owls would make Mesa work for it again, but fell one more time, dropping a four set loss to San Diego Mesa 13-25, 25-17, 25-18, and 25-18. Freshman Cassandra Freitag had a team high 13 digs and a pair of solo blocks in the losing effort.
The loss, dropped the Owls into a consolation bracket, and had them faced up with an old foe in Los Angeles Pierce College. After defeating the Brahmas in four sets earlier in the week, Pierce turned the tables back on Citrus with a three set sweep of the Owls 25-15, 25-16, and 25-19. Eddings led Citrus with seven kills, while freshman setter Alexandria Donnelly handed out a team high 10 assists.
The Owls closed out their weekend late Saturday afternoon with Long Beach City College. Citrus got all they could handle from the Vikings, knocking off Long Beach in four sets. Freitag would post a team high 13 kills, while Eddings had 10 and a team high 24 digs. Sophomore setter Amanda Stone passed out 22 assists in the victory.
With the 2-2 mark on the weekend, Citrus moves to 5-5 overall. The Owls will take this week off before getting back out on the road next week for a Western State Conference cross-divisional contest with Ventura College. The Owls will take on the Pirates at 6:00 PM on Wednesday October 2nd in Ventura.