Sophomore Brooklynne Beavers slammed home 14 kills to lead the Porterville College Pirates to a 3-1 win over San Jose City College in their opening match at the Monterey Peninsula College Classic on Friday. Porterville couldn't keep the momentum going as they suffered a 3-0 loss to host MPC to close the tourney.
Porterville, now 2-3 overall, returns to action next Wednesday (Sep. 13) at 6 p.m. when the Pirates host West Hills College Coalinga in their home and Central Valley Conference opener.
Porterville 3, San Jose City 1
Beavers turned in her best match of the season as she led all with 14 kills in PC's 25-20, 22-25, 25-23, 25-20 victory. As a team, the Pirates put together their finest match offensively and from a defensive standpoint. PC totaled 42 kills as well as 42 digs to go with 4 blocks.
Emerald Harris' 23 assists led the Pirates while Brooke Reilly added 16 assists and 8 kills. From the back line, Rylee Jones led with 15 digs and Ashlynn Miller had 12 digs.
Jasmine Torres also chipped in with 4 kills, a pair of blocks, and an ace.
Monterey Peninsula 3, Porterville 0
The Pirates couldn't replicate their outburst on offense in their second match and fell by scores of 25-15, 25-13, 25-10.
PC had just 20 kills in the contest with Reilly's 10 kills lead the Pirates. Harris led PC with 11 assists, while Miller contributed a team-best 9 digs and Jones had 8 kills to go with 2 aces.
Women's Volleyball: Pirates beat San Jose City to split matches at MPC Classic
Porterville
3
San Jose
1
Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
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Porterville | 25 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
San Jose | 21 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 1 |
Porterville
0
Monterey Peninsula
3
Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
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Porterville | 15 | 13 | 10 | 0 |
Monterey Peninsula | 25 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
Posted: Sep 01, 2017