VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS: H.W. HAS ONE LAST HURDLE WOLVERINES PLAY IN STATE FINAL TODAY.Byline: Rich Hammond Rich Hammond Los Angeles Daily News sports writer. Instrumental in bringing the Los Angeles Kings hockey organization closer to the fans. He is the atypical "what a guy" to Kings fans everywhere. Rich Hammond on himself. Staff Writer All the preliminaries - tournaments, Mission League play, Southern Section playoffs - have been taken care of, leaving the Harvard-Westlake High girls' volleyball team just one victory shy of its ultimate goal of a state championship. The Wolverines (26-2) will play Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern champion Los Gatos Los Gatos (lôs gä`tōs, lŏs, găt`əs), city (1990 pop. 27,357), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1887. It is an affluent residential community and health resort. (24-9) today at 1:30 p.m. at Cypress College Cypress College is a community college located in Cypress, California. Opened on September 12 1966 , the southern California college offers a variety of general education (51 associates degrees), transfer courses (58 transfer majors), and 139 vocational programs leading to for the State Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. title. ``This is what we've been shooting for all year,'' said Harvard-Westlake coach Jess Quiroz, in search of the school's first state title since 1995. ``This is what we've been aiming for, so it's good to be able to go to the prom, or whatever you want to call it.'' The Wolverines, led by middle blocker Courtney Schultz and outside hitter Karalyn Kuchenbecker, both juniors, are no strangers to big matches. Their only two losses this season came in tournaments, to Long Beach Poly and Torrey Pines Torrey Pines can refer to:
They won the prestigious Iolani Tournament in Hawaii and have dropped only one game in seven playoff matches, a brief stumble in the third game of the Southern Section Division III-AA final against Bishop Montgomery. That game aside, the Wolverines have dominated. They struggled early in each of the first two games against University High of San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. in the Southern California final on Tuesday. ``This team doesn't panic,'' Quiroz said. ``Maybe if they were down seven points and facing match point, then maybe they might panic a little.'' Both teams have good depth at hitter. Los Gatos, which has six seniors, reached the state final with a three-game victory over Sonoma. The Wildcats are led by hitter Lauren Rinehart, who had 18 kills against Sonoma, and her twin sister, Kelly, as well as setter Katie Allan. Schultz and Kuchenbecker have dominated for the Wolverines most of the season, and during the playoffs, hitters Terbrie Taylor and Anna Nesser have provided Harvard-Westlake with even more weapons. Setter Annie Hoeksma has done a good job of distributing the ball to all her various options. ``We're very close,'' Kuchenbecker said. ``If you see us before the game, we're good friends, and we're really motivated to get this done.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Middle blocker Courtney Schultz of Harvard-Westlake digs out a Sierra kill attempt during the Wolverines' semifinal sweep Tuesday. Eric Grigorian/Special to the Daily News |
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