(Phoenix, AZ) The Pima Community College volleyball team (10-7, 4-3 in ACCAC) picked up its 10th win of the season on Wednesday as it played an ACCAC conference match at South Mountain Community College (1-14, 0-7).
The Aztecs earned a straight set victory over the Cougars 25-19, 25-10, 25-16.
Sophomore Alexia Hutchens (Salpointe Catholic HS) got Pima to set point with her kill to make it 24-14 in the first set. The Cougars cut into Pima’s lead with five straight points, but freshman Victoria Page put down the final kill as the Aztecs took a 1-0 lead.
Up 4-3 in the second set, the Aztecs took control by scoring 10 of the next 11 points to take their first double digit lead of the set at 14-4. Freshman Skylar Westburg had two kills during the run while Page and Hutchens also contributed with kills and freshman Alexis Ferbeyre (Pusch Ridge Christian) had an ace. Sophomores Alexandra Jacome (Canyon del Oro HS) and Addison Gilvin (Sahuarita HS) scored five straight points as Jacome had three aces and Gilvin had a kill and a block to put the score at 22-8. Gilvin had the final kill as Pima went up 2-0 in the match.
The Aztecs took a 7-4 lead in the third set and went on a 9-2 run to take a double digit advantage for the third straight set at 16-6. They led by as much as 12 points at 23-11 after a violation call went against the Cougars. Freshman Estelle Fetsis’ (Pusch Ridge Christian) kill and freshman Isabela Finotti Kemper’s (Ironwood Ridge HS) block sealed the win.
Page and Westburg each finished with eight kills and two blocks. Westburg added five digs.
Jacome closed out the match with 16 assists and four aces while sophomore Breeze Schelter posted 13 assists and six digs. Ferbeyre had 12 digs.
The Aztecs will be back on the road next Wednesday, October 14 when they play a non-conference match at Central Arizona College. Game time is set for 7:00 p.m.
Press Release courtesy of Pima Aztec Athletics – Raymond Suarez
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