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Cerritos College • Norwalk, Calif.

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Cerritos College • Norwalk, Calif.

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Vikings again too muchfor volleyball team

Long Beach City College proved to give Cerritos College nothing but problems in its volleyball match.

And that’s how it was all throughout the match as the Falcons lost all three games to the Vikings Wednesday at Cerritos.

Falcons’ offensive hitter Susan Liufau said, “As a team we did good. We really worked together as a team.

“We need to work on consistency. We are improving in every game we play.

“We still have a lot of work to be done before we think about the playoffs.”

In the first game middle blocker/offensive hitter Tiffany Amete scored on a service ace to cut the Long Beach lead to 6-3.

Offensive hitter Arelyn Gallardo also scored on an ace, as the Vikings still led, 14-7.

Gallardo also scored on a kill that made the score 27-20, Long Beach. The Falcons lost the first game, 30-25.

In the second game, Amete scored the Falcons first point to make the score 1-0 on a kill. Gallardo and Amete scored on adouble block , and Cerritos trailed, 24-10.

Right setter Pearl Arvizu scored a kill to cut the Long beach lead to 27-21, but the Vikings won the second game, 30-24.

In the third game, middle blocker Vanessa Cid scored on a kill as the Falcons trailed, 8-5.

Offensive hitter Jessica Baez also scored on akill, but the Vikings led 17-13 on the way to winning the third game, 30-21.

Baez said, “We were pretty good. We lack in defense. We kept up with them.”

“We should come out strong for upcoming games.”

Falcon Coach Teresa Ortega said that the team made some mistakes. “We hope to do better next year. I hope that we beat Pasadena, El Camino, Los Angeles City and Los Angeles Harbor.”

She said, “We need to see how we will do in these upcoming games in order to make the playoffs. We need to work more as a team.”

“We have everything, we just need to work on consistency.”

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