SAN JACINTO — The Mt. San Jacinto College and San Bernardino Valley College women’s volleyball teams exchanged powerful kills, digs and aces over the course of 2 1/2 hours of an Inland Empire Athletic Conference match Wednesday night.
In the end, it was SBVC making fewer errors and prevailing 25-19, 20-25, 26-28, 32-30, 15-11 to move a half game ahead of MSJC in the IEAC standings. The Wolverines now are in position to win at least a share of the program’s first conference championship since 2006.
SBVC avenged a 25-20, 23-25, 25-16, 25-18 loss to the Eagles in early October.
“I thought we’d be in the conference’s upper half this year, but to be in this position … I don’t know that I expected that,” Wolverines coach Robert Vansant said. “But these girls have done a great job of buying into everything I’ve thrown at them this year and are being rewarded for it.”
Mt. San Jacinto College’s Hailey Frary and McKenna Conklin attempt to stop a spike by San Bernardino Valley College’s Jae Peterson during an Inland Empire Athletic Conference women’s volleyball match between the Mt. San Jacinto College Eagles and the San Bernardino Valley College Wolverines. (Photo by Nick Koon, Contributing Photographer)
Mt. San Jacinto College’s Hailey Frary spikes the ball
during an Inland Empire Athletic Conference women’s volleyball match between the Mt. San Jacinto College Eagles and the San Bernardino Valley College Wolverines. (Photo by Nick Koon, Contributing Photographer)
Mt. San Jacinto College’s Megan Gajda spikes the ball
during an Inland Empire Athletic Conference women’s volleyball match between the Mt. San Jacinto College Eagles and the San Bernardino Valley College Wolverines. (Photo by Nick Koon, Contributing Photographer)
San Bernardino Valley College’s Destiney Parker digs out the ball during an Inland Empire Athletic Conference women’s volleyball match between the Mt. San Jacinto College Eagles and the San Bernardino Valley College Wolverines. (Photo by Nick Koon, Contributing Photographer)
Mt. San Jacinto College’s Carley Cruse and Hailey Frary attempt to stop a spike by SanBernardino College’s Ariana Romero during an Inland Empire Athletic Conference women’s volleyball match between the Mt. San Jacinto College Eagles and the San Bernardino Valley College Wolverines. (Photo by Nick Koon, Contributing Photographer)
Mt. San Jacinto College’s Lauren Cummings spikes the ball against a San Bernardino Valley College defender during an Inland Empire Athletic Conference women’s volleyball match between the Mt. San Jacinto College Eagles and the San Bernardino Valley College Wolverines. (Photo by Nick Koon, Contributing Photographer)
Mt. San Jacinto College’s Lauren Cummings and Mckenna Conklin attempt to block a spike attempt by San Bernardino College’s Loleaulelei Mamea during an Inland Empire Athletic Conference women’s volleyball match between the Mt. San Jacinto College Eagles and the San Bernardino Valley College Wolverines. (Photo by Nick Koon, Contributing Photographer)
San Bernardino Valley College defenders try to stop a spike attempt by Mt. San Jacinto College’s Carley Kruse during an Inland Empire Athletic Conference women’s volleyball match between the Mt. San Jacinto College Eagles and the San Bernardino Valley College Wolverines. (Photo by Nick Koon, Contributing Photographer)
San Bernardino Valley College’s Manaia Mamea prepares to spike the ball past Mt. San Jacinto College’s Carley Kruse and Lauren Cummings during an Inland Empire Athletic Conference women’s volleyball match between the Mt. San Jacinto College Eagles and the San Bernardino Valley College Wolverines. (Photo by Nick Koon, Contributing Photographer)
Mt. San Jacinto College’s Manaia Mamea spikes the ball
during an Inland Empire Athletic Conference women’s volleyball match between the Mt. San Jacinto College Eagles and the San Bernardino Valley College Wolverines. (Photo by Nick Koon, Contributing Photographer)
The Mt. San Jacinto College girls volleyball team circle up prior to an Inland Empire Athletic Conference women’s volleyball match between the Mt. San Jacinto College Eagles and the San Bernardino Valley College Wolverines. The Wolverines won the match 3 to 2. (Photo by Nick Koon, Contributing Photographer)
Mt. San Jacinto College’s Megan Gajda spikes the ball
during an Inland Empire Athletic Conference women’s volleyball match between the Mt. San Jacinto College Eagles and the San Bernardino Valley College Wolverines. (Photo by Nick Koon, Contributing Photographer)
The San Bernardino Valley College girls volleyball team circle up prior to an Inland Empire Athletic Conference women’s volleyball match between the Mt. San Jacinto College Eagles and the San Bernardino Valley College Wolverines. The Wolverines won the match 3 to 2. (Photo by Nick Koon, Contributing Photographer)
San Bernardino Valley College’s Loleaulelei Mamea attempts to spike the ball past Mt. San Jacinto College’s Hailey Frary during an Inland Empire Athletic Conference women’s volleyball match between the Mt. San Jacinto College Eagles and the San Bernardino Valley College Wolverines. (Photo by Nick Koon, Contributing Photographer)
San Bernardino Valley College’s Emily Valencia serves the ball during an Inland Empire Athletic Conference women’s volleyball match between the Mt. San Jacinto College Eagles and the San Bernardino Valley College Wolverines. (Photo by Nick Koon, Contributing Photographer)
San Bernardino Valley College’s Carley Kruse spikes the ball past Mt. San Jacinto defenders Carley Kruse and Lauren Cummings during an Inland Empire Athletic Conference women’s volleyball match between the Mt. San Jacinto College Eagles and the San Bernardino Valley College Wolverines. (Photo by Nick Koon, Contributing Photographer)
San Bernardino Valley College defenders try to stop a spike attempt by Mt. San Jacinto College’s Brooklyn Thomas during an Inland Empire Athletic Conference women’s volleyball match between the Mt. San Jacinto College Eagles and the San Bernardino Valley College Wolverines. (Photo by Nick Koon, Contributing Photographer)
Mt. San Jacinto College’s Brooklyn Thomas attempts to get the ball past the San Bernardino Valley defenders during an Inland Empire Athletic Conference women’s volleyball match between the Mt. San Jacinto College Eagles and the San Bernardino Valley College Wolverines. (Photo by Nick Koon, Contributing Photographer)
Mt. San Jacinto College’s Megan Gajda spikes the ball past San Bernardino Valley College defenders during an Inland Empire Athletic Conference women’s volleyball match between the Mt. San Jacinto College Eagles and the San Bernardino Valley College Wolverines. (Photo by Nick Koon, Contributing Photographer)
Members of the San Bernardino Valley College girls volleyball team celebrate after defeating the Mt. San Jacinto College team 3 sets to two at an Inland Empire Athletic Conference women’s volleyball match on Wednesday afternoon. (Photo by Nick Koon, Contributing Photographer)
SBVC (16-6, 9-1 in conference) led 11-4 early in the opening set before MSJC (19-4, 8-1) responded with an 8-2 run to close the gap. Megan Gajda had a pair of aces and Carley Kruse added two kills, but SBVC stayed in front as Loleaulelei Mamea had a solo block and kill to preserve the lead.
Brooklyn Thomas had two kills in the second set to put MSJC up 14-8. Mania Mamea posted three straight kills to trim the lead to two points, but an ace by the Eagles closed the set and evened the match.
In the third set, SBVC led as late as 24-23, but MSJC rallied behind three kills from McKenna Conklin and an ace from Kruse to win the first of two deuce sets and regain in the match.
Kruse was in on consecutive blocks, and Gajda added an ace in set four to put the Eagles up 23-21. However, SBVC survived six set points and prevailed on an MSJC ball-handling violation to force a deciding set. The Mameas combined for three kills and Arianna Romero added a solo block in the final run by the Wolverines.
SBVC jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the fifth set after an ace by Itzana Rojas but saw that lead shrink to a point as Trysta Vincelli won a joust at the net. Anai Casillas put down an overpass to put SBVC in front 11-9, and another ball-handling error by the Eagles ended the match.
“At crucial times we made more errors, and tonight that was the difference,” Eagles coach Serinna Eason said. “We have been telling our team since the second round that everyone would be giving us their best shot and SBVC did just that tonight.”
Mania Mamea had 17 kills for SBVC. Conklin and Kruse each had 15 kills in defeat for MSJC.
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