JC VOLLEYBALL: MIXED RESULTS FOR PIERCE TEAM.Byline: ERIK BOAL Special to the Daily News SANTA MONICA Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. -- On any other day, a victory over Golden West College might have been considered the biggest in the history of Pierce College In 2006 the Library won a national Excellence award. Academics Pierce College offers associate's degrees, mainly in the arts and sciences. There are also certificate programs in early childhood education, social services, dental hygienist, and others. women's volleyball volleyball, outdoor or indoor ball and net game played on a level court. An upright net, 3 ft (or 1 m) high, the top of which stands 8 ft (2.43 m) from the ground for men, 7 ft 4 1/8 in (2. . On Saturday, it was just enough to ease the Brahmas' frustration following another five-game loss to El Camino. Pierce Pierce may refer to: Places
n. A prize given to a competitor who loses or does not win the first prize. consolation prize Noun something given to console the loser of a game for Pierce following a 30-32, 30-17, 30-28, 24-30, 15-13 loss to El Camino. ``We're still trying to find the lineup A criminal investigation technique in which the police arrange a number of individuals in a row before a witness to a crime and ask the witness to identify which, if any, of the individuals committed the crime. for us,'' said Pierce coach Nabil Mardini, whose team lost to El Camino 28-30, 30-25, 30-25, 30-32, 15-12 at last year's state tournament. ``Bottom line, we have a lot work to do in the gym. We've made some good adjustments, but there's a lot of things we're not happy with.'' Pierce avoided a fifth game against Golden West, rallying from a 17-10 deficit in the fourth behind the serving of Tara Henn and the hitting of Ashley Lugo-Brown, who closed out the match with her 27th kill of the day. ``We need to win the close ones,'' Mardini said. ``I think it's good for our team to be in this situation because when we go to state they're going to be in the same situation.'' Against El Camino, the Brahamas scored 10 of the final 14 points in the fourth to force a deciding game, then rallied to tie the score at 13 in the fifth on kills by Jenna Novelli and Lugo-Brown, before El Camino closed it out. ``We respect (El Camino) a lot, but we beat ourselves,'' sophomore Meredith Rice said. ``It was more us than anything they did.'' Charles Kaloustian contributed erik.boal@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Meredith Rice and her Pierce College teammates split their two matches at the Santa Monica College Tournament Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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