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    Mira Costa girls volleyball sweeps Los Alamitos to begin CIF-SS playoffs
    • October 19, 2023

    Mira Costa libero Taylor Deckert performs a dig during the Mustangs’ game against Los Alamitos on October 18th, 2023. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)

    Los Alamitos middle hitter Anna Sanzaro smashes the ball during the Griffins’ game against Mira Costa on October 18th, 2023. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)

    Mira Costa middle blocker Bryn Shankle smashes the ball during the Mustangs’ game against Los Alamitos on October 18th, 2023. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)

    Mira Costa opposite hitter Chloe Hynes smashes the ball during the Mustangs’ game against Los Alamitos on October 18th, 2023. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)

    Los Alamitos outside hitter Ashley Repetti performs a dig during the Griffins’ game against Mira Costa on October 18th, 2023. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)

    Mira Costa setter Charlie Fuerbringer tips the ball over the net during the Mustangs’ game against Los Alamitos on October 18th, 2023. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)

    Mira Costa setter Charlie Fuerbringer sets the ball for her teammates during the Mustangs’ game against Los Alamitos on October 18th, 2023. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)

    Mira Costa setter Charlie Fuerbringer sets the ball for her teammates during the Mustangs’ game against Los Alamitos on October 18th, 2023. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)

    Mira Costa middle blocker Rachel Moglia performs a dig during the Mustangs’ game against Los Alamitos on October 18th, 2023. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)

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    MANHATTAN BEACH — It had been a few months since the last time Mira Costa girls volleyball team faced Los Alamitos.

    Still, the Mustangs expected the response that the Griffins showed in Wednesday’s opening CIF-Southern Section Division 1 pool play match.

    “We knew just knew that’s how it was going be,” Mira Costa coach Cam Green said. “They did that in Hawaii to us, so we expected that and the idea was to stay steady, not let it rattle you because it’s easy to get rattled in that situation. We expected them to play defense, they did and I think credit to our girls, kept our heads on straight and kept the game plan in our sights and did our job.”

    After that early stretch of the Griffins (31-6) staying strong on their defense and managing to dig and keep plays alive, the Mustangs (36-2) eventually took control of the set and the match for a 25-16, 25-15, 25-7 win.

    The Mustangs led 9-8 in that opening set, but found some early breathing room on back-to-back kills from Chloe Hynes, which seemed to get them on track.

    “They don’t need much of a crack to kind of kick it open,” Los Alamitos coach Dave Huber said of Mira Costa. “We made three or four great plays and didn’t get rewarded because they were just good enough to overcome it.

    “Definitely that takes a toll on teams mentality. When you’re making a great dig or you’re blocking a ball that you think should be a point, but somehow it’s coming back even faster, that will definitely wear people down and clearly it did for us.”

    Mira Costa and Los Alamitos met at the Ann Kang Invitational, the season’s opening tournament in Hawaii. The Mustangs won that best two-of-three match in two sets.

    “Their speed is elite, the pace they’re able to play with,” Huber said. “We knew from August to now, they were going to be a step or two faster, so trying to speed things up on our side of the net as much as we can, but you still have to be able to play under control and that’s the hard part.”

    Mira Costa’s wealth of offensive threats were on display with five players recording at least five kills, led by Audrey Flanagan’s 10. Hynes added nine. Simone Roslon had nine, Rachel Moglia seven and Brynn Shankle had five.

    Ashley Repetti and Kaia Herweg had seven kills apiece for Los Alamitos.

    “The fact we’re using our middles a lot more, changes everything,” Green said. “Credit to our middles, they’ve worked really hard to get to the point where they’re a big factor in every match and I think that’s a gamechanger and changes the way (setter) Charlie (Fuerbringer) can set the game. I give Rachel (Moglia) and Brynn (Shankle) a lot of credit for that.”

    This is the second year of the pool play format for the Division 1 playoffs. The winners of Pool A and Pool B after three matches will meet in the final, Nov. 4 at Cerritos College.

    The Mustangs, who are the second seed in Pool B, will continue pool play Tuesday against No. 6 Alemany.

    Seventh-seeded Los Alamitos will face Surf League rival and third seed  Huntington Beach.

    Last year, Mira Costa won its pool, but lost in the finals against Sierra Canyon.

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