Lady Moors Clash into Battle With The Oilers

WESLEY TSAI
Staff Writer

Montebello competed in a strong rally against the Moors in a summer tournament, but the Lady Moors fought and won with a set score of 3-0 in their Oct. 8 game.

“I expect the Oilers to play hard, have good hits and serve great serves. Another thing that they seem to be really good at is passing,” junior backside hitter Abby Reyes said.

In the beginning of the game, Montebello managed to acquire the first point off the rally due to passing errors from the Lady Moors. After a numerous amount of rallies and points scored, the Oilers had two aces which pushed the score to 4-11. The Oilers libero continued to go on an eight ace streak, resulting in a score of 4-18. When the game seemed to be going downhill due to mental mistakes, senior middle blocker Tiffany Sum had a monstrous block that made the gym go wild. The set ended with the score of 8-25 due to a passing error from the Lady Moors.

“Though we are down one set, I believe we can come back strong and win today because we managed to beat them in the summer with the score of 3-0,” captain Catalina Veronica Lee Kim said after the first set.

The second set was a turnaround for the Moors as the score started with the Moors shanking a pass but coming back strong, Sum had three straight kills making the score 6-3. As the Lady Moors pushed their score diligently, sophomore outside hitter Melody Luo got a kill resulting with a score of 12-6. After constantly rallying, the Oilers minimize the score difference to 20-21. With countless errors from both sides of the team, the Moors also made a passing error which made the score 25-27.

In the beginning of set three, junior outside hitter Kaile Wu got four consecutive kills and pushed the score to 4-0. The Oilers pushed and had five straight aces after the four-point deficit. Making the score 12-9, sophomore outside hitter Nadia Gov hit a ten-footer that filled the gym with exitement. After many errors made by both sides, Sum blocked the Oilers middle hitter, giving them their final push. The rally ended with 17-25 after the Moors got a hitting error thus making the set score 0-3.

“The Moors performed well today and they have a lot of talent; they were a good match but we were able to capitalize more on the mistakes which gave us an advantage,” Montebello Head Coach Felix Alverado said.

Head Coach Coach Charles Tran felt that the game was frustrating, because the girls weren’t playing to the full potential that they should have.