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Temecula Valley v Great Oak recap

Tuesday, September 26, 2017
By: Derryl Trujillo
Inland Sports Volleyball Correspondent

Division 1's #5 rated team in Temecula Valley made the quick trip down I-15 and came back victorious in a 3-0 sweep by scores of 25-22,25-22,25-13. The last time we covered the Bears coach Roberto Rodriguez said his side needed to come out with more intensity. He gave his team flying colors for their intensity even in that 3rd set when the outcome was mostly decided. I was very impressed with the Bears service game even though the ace to service error numbers may have been on the skewed side towards errors (11 aces to 13 errors led by 4 aces from Madison Endsley). In postmatch comments both Amoy and McBride said that they knew of Great Oak's prowess in serve receive and that winning the service game would be huge. When we talked to Endsley last Thursday she lamented the hitting errors as one thing that needed to be cleaned up. As a team in a sweep they went from 14 hitting errors to 6 and the efficiency went from .305% to .444%. Setter Jordyn Amoy recorded 37 assists and was masterful in keeping the Bears offense humming right along all the way thru. Madison Endsley recorded 17 kills to go with 4 blocks, and 4 aces. Peyton McBride recorded 10 kills, 2 blocks, 2 aces and Jazmine West anchored the back row with 17 digs.
On the Great Oak side coach Mark Motluck talked about how well his team battled the Bears for 2 and a quarter sets especially praising his team's blocking. Like any coach he did say that they could've gotten more touches and better back row reads. Sets 1 and 2 were decided by a total of 6 points. 2 of that sum coming from out of rotation calls which the veteran head coach said were part of his side just losing focus in their final 5 points. I can't wait to see what adjustments both sides make going into the next encounter.

In other Southwestern League action:

Chaparral def Murrieta Valley 25-14, 25-19, 24-26, 25-22

Awaiting result from Vista Murrieta and Murrieta Mesa as of press time

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