GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL: T.O. KEEPS PACE WITH LEAGUE RIVALS WITH WIN.Byline: SEAN n. 1. A seine. See Seine. CEGLINSKY Staff Writer WESTLAKE -- It was a must win. The Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. High girls' volleyball team, coming off a five-game loss to Moorpark last week, played like the defending Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. champions Tuesday night, defeating host Westlake, 22-25, 25-23, 25-18, 23-25, 15-12 to forge a three-way tie atop the standings at the midway point of league play. ``Losing this one would have been a heartbreaker heart·break·er n. 1. One that causes sorrow, grief, or disappointment: "one young and chaste, the other a dissolute heartbreaker of 48; one prim, the other passionate" ,'' Thousand Oaks coach James Park James Park VC (1835 -14 June 1858) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. said. The Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. (15-2, 6-1), ranked No. 6 by the Daily News, are deadlocked with the No. 4 Warriors (14-2, 6-1) and No. 5 Moorpark (15-4, 6-1), which defeated Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. in five games on Tuesday night. A Tori Boden kill gave the Lancers an early 5-3 lead in the fifth game and the outside hitter followed with an ace to extend the advantage to 9-8. Her final attempt, a well-placed ball in the center of the Warriors' defense, sealed the victory for Thousand Oaks. The Lancers jumped out to an 18-11 lead in the fourth game after a Hannah Clancy ace and appeared to be in control of the match. Westlake, however, was resilient and came back behind Traci Salmonson, who served eight consecutive points. Alex Johnson took over from there with four kills to seal a 25-23 victory, forcing the decisive fifth game. The 6-foot-2 senior outside hitter kept the Warriors close throughout the entire contest and finished with a match-high 19 kills. ``Alex is a gutsy player,'' Westlake coach Ernest Rittenhouse said. ``She's as intense as they come.'' Never was that more evident than in the third game when Johnson tallied Westlake's first four points on kills. The Lancers managed to take a 12-6 lead despite Johnson's steady play and won 25-18 when Shelynne Hoyt served into the net on game point. The Lancers balance proved to be too much to overcome in the end though. Boden had 13 kills, Ellen Querrey added 11 kills, Deanna Elias finished with 19 digs and Clancy totaled a game-high 36 assists. ``We talked about being aggressive tonight and forgetting about what happened in earlier league matches,'' Park said. ``We knew that we had a lot of depth and if we could take advantage of that, we would be fine coming in here and playing a very good Westlake team.'' sean.ceglinsky@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 |
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