AVC BEAT: AVC OUTSIDE-HITTER KEATING KEEPS HER EYES ON THE PRIZE : SOPH MOVES IN ON KILLS RECORD.Byline: Art Avila Staff Writer Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. outside hitter Jennfer Keating has her eyes on the record book. After a record kills-performance against College of the Desert last week with 25, she gets a step closer to the AVC-career-kills record of 376. The sophomore from Palmdale High possesses the season record of 267 from her season last year, when she averaged a state-high 4.45 kills a game. ``Stats are what are going to get me out of here,'' Keating said last week. Keating, in her second year with the Marauders, leads the Foothill Conference this season with 3.33 kills a game and is second in digs with 2.72 a game. ``She appears to have all the tools,'' coach Jane Cwayna said.``She's an offensive player.'' The 25-kill game record beat the previous record held by three players. Andrea Buckner, Rose Johnson and Heidi Roarty each had 22 kills in a game. The Marauders face Cerro Cosa College today at Marauder MARAUDER. One who, while employed in the army as a soldier, commits a larceny or robbery in the neighborhood of the camp, or while wandering away from the army. Merl. Repert. h.t. Gym. Rough ride: After a bumpy bump·y adj. bump·i·er, bump·i·est 1. Covered with or full of bumps: a bumpy country road. 2. Marked by bumps and jolts; rough: a bumpy flight. start to the season, the Marauders seem to have gotten off the roller coaster What a bad CD-R disc is often called. See CD-R and underrun. . ``We're doing better. If we keep focused, we have a good chance,'' Cwayna said about the Marauders' chance to finish first in the conference. She said the team's attitude has improved from previous weeks. ``Winning helps,'' she said. The victories over College of the Desert and Chaffey improve the team's record to 6-3, 5-2 in the Foothill Conference. ``We hadn't beaten Chaffey in a long time,'' Cwayna said. ``We were able to put it together. Our true test is coming at the end of the month.'' The Marauders face conference leaders Victor Valley on Oct. 27 and San Bernardino Valley The San Bernardino Valley is the hub of Southern California's Inland Empire. It is drained by the Santa Ana River. It is bordered on the north by the San Bernardino Mountains and the eastern San Gabriel Mountains, on the east by the San Jacinto Mountains, and on the south and west Oct. 29. Victor Valley defeated San Bernardino San Bernardino, city, United States San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. last week to remain the only undefeated team in the conference. The Marauders' only losses in conference this year came against those two teams. Only the top school in the conference goes to the state playoffs. Starting off:The AVC (1) (Advanced Video Coding) The video compression techniques used in the H.264 standard, jointly developed by ISO and the ITU-T. See H.264. (2) (Audio Visual C men's basketball team begins its drive for a sixth-straight Foothill Conference title with five tournaments before opening conference play Jan. 3 at Cerro Cosa College. The Marauders start the year Nov. 11 against Grossmont at the Victor Valley tournament. AVC will host the McDonald's tournament Dec. 2, 3 and 5. Coach Newton Chelette said the tournaments usually help because players face playoff play·off also play-off n. Sports 1. A final game or series of games played to break a tie. 2. A series of games played to determine a championship. Noun 1. teams. ``It's always tough competition,'' Chelette said. He said the freshman on the team have been shooting and running the court well. ``They are starting to fit in and get an idea of what we are trying to do here,'' he said. Chelette, in his 11th season, said it is important at the start of the season for the team to come together. ``We just have to have the team try to mesh,'' he said. The women's basketball Women's basketball is one of the few games which developed in tandem with men's. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges. team, which lost four all-conference players from last year's team, return only one player from the team that went 20-12 overall, 11-5 in league. Sophomore Alicia Parra led the team in assists last year and was second in free throws. She leads a team with only one other sophomore. The Marauders finished in a three-way tie for second in the Foothill Conference last season. The women open the season Nov. 12 at the Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. tournament. |
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