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    Corona del Mar boys volleyball sweeps Edison to begin Division 1 playoffs
    • April 27, 2023

    NEWPORT BEACH – Corona del Mar was too big and too quick for Edison on Wednesday, as the Sea Kings swept the Chargers in three sets, 25-13, 26-24, 25-17, in their CIF Southern Section Division 1 pool-play match at Corona del Mar High.

    Sea Kings 6-foot-5 junior outside hitter Sterling Foley had 14 kills. George Bruening, a 6-9 senior opposite hitter, had 12. Many of their spikes were launched from two feet above the net.

    Corona del Mar junior setter Ryan Gant contributed 26 assists and five digs, and sophomore libero Brogan Glenn had 10 digs.

    The Division 1 playoffs have a pool-play format this season. Corona del Mar (18-8) and Edison (19-9)  are in Pool A with No. 1 seed Loyola and Beckman. Loyola (18-1) swept Beckman (29-5) in three sets Wednesday.

    Pool B is composed of Huntington Beach, Mater Dei, Mira Costa and defending Division 1 champion Newport Harbor.

    Newport Harbor defeated Huntington Beach 25-16, 23-25, 25-18, 25-27, 15-12 in a Pool B match Wednesday.

    When pool play resumes Tuesday, May, Corona del Mar will be at home against Beckman. Edison is at Loyola.

    Sea Kings coach Katey Thompson’s post-match assessment was that while the team’s performance was not a work of art it was enough to get the win.

    “I liked that we were able to play ugly,” she said. “It wasn’t our most precise volleyball. We definitely didn’t adjust as quickly as I wished we would have. But we ended up adjusting and we were able to just dig our way out of it.”

    Bruening, who signed with UC Santa Barbara, kick-started the first set for the Sea Kings, scoring on a vicious spike and a block and quickly it was 5-1. Some of Bruening’s kills were not so vicious, simply redirecting the ball softly to an opening on the court on the other side of the net.

    A block by Corona del Mar senior middle blocker Kaden Kavanaugh provided the set winner.

    Blocks and kills by Bruening, Foley and senior middle blocker Cade Alacano led the Sea Kings to a 26-24 win in the second set.

    Edison had a 6-3 lead in the third set. Corona del Mar went on a 10-3 run to take control and get the 25-17 win to conclude the match.

    Foley felt the Sea Kings hit a high level of energy early but might have lacked that edge later.

    “Your first CIF game you’ve always got to come out with a lot of energy,” said Foley who has played on USA Volleyball’s 19U team. “The first set was pretty good, we had a good, fast start, but the other two sets we didn’t really come out that hot.”

    Bruening expects the Sea Kings to keep the energy high during Division 1 pool play.

    “Recently we’ve been doing better at kind of kicking off our speed and doing what we’re supposed to do,” Breuning said.

    In Pool B on Wednesday, Mira Costa defeated Mater Dei 3-0.

    Tuesday’s Pool B schedule has Mira Costa (26-3) at Newport Harbor (31-2) and Mater Dei (27-11-1)  at Huntington Beach (22-7).

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    ​ Orange County Register 

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