The girls came out strong as Junior Celina Vicuna got things started with a kill, 1-0. Crean was able to rally and get the next three points, but Senior Vivian Martin came back with a kill of her own to make it 2-3. After another exchange between the two teams, Vicuna was able to come back with an ace to give Oxford the lead, 5-4. Crean then took a 2 point lead but Senior Lani Ancheta came through with a kill to make it 6-7. With the score tied at 8 apiece, Junior Vianca Morales was able to serve an ace and give Oxford the lead, 9-8. The girls built up their lead with well placed hits and made it 12-8. Crean fought back and narrowed the lead to 1, 15-14. But Morales silenced the rally attempt by Crean with a kill to make it 18-15. Lani followed that up with a kill of her own to make it 19-15. Sophomore Alyssa Ancheta was able to ace the next serve to continue Oxford’s streak of strong plays, 20-15. Morales then came up big again with back-to-back kills to make it 22-15. Crean was able to get a side out and attempt to rally but the lead was too much. Senior Sophia Lee and Vicuna were able to end the game with back-to-back kills, 25-17.

Crean came out winning the first two points of the second game, but Vicuna came through with a kill, 2-1. After another exchange of points, Martin got a block to narrow it to a 1 point deficit, 2-3. Sophomore Tammy Cho was able to get Oxford the lead with a kill, 4-3. Crean was able to get the side out, but Oxford got it right back and Alyssa followed it up with a kill of her own, 5-4. Vicuna was able to come through with an ace and give Oxford the 3 point lead, 7-4. Senior Alexis Medina came through with a back row kill to continue the run, 10-4. Vicuna then came up huge with three straight aces and followed that up with a back row kill, 15-4. Following the kill, she came right back with two more aces to make it 16-4. A minor miscommunication by Oxford ended the run, but the lead had already been extended to 13, 17-4. After the girls got the ball right back, Alyssa had an ace to make it 19-5. Lani was then able to come up with a kill to make it 20-7. After a Crean error, Martin got another kill to make it 22-7. That was followed up by an ace by Cho to make it 23-7. Crean got the side out and attempted to rally back, coming within 11, but an ace by Lani ended it, 25-12.

Crean came out strong to start the third game winning the first 3 points, but Vicuna was able to silence the run with a kill, 1-3. Lee followed that up with an ace to make it 2-3. Crean was then able to play strong and build up a 4 point lead, 3-7. But Morales was able to come up huge with back-to-back kills to make it 5-7. Lani followed that up with her own kill to narrow the lead to 1, 6-7. The two teams then battled it out and the score came up tied, 9-9. Morales ended the silence with a kill to give Oxford a 5 point lead, 12-9. Lee came up with a kill of her own to extend the lead to 5, 14-9. Crean took advantage of some miscommunications by Oxford to make it 15-13. Oxford rallied back to build the lead back up and a nicely placed hit by Vicuna got it back to 5, 18-13. The two teams then exchanged points to make it 20-15. Cho broke up the exchange with an ace to make it 21-15. Morales came up with another kill to make it 23-16. Another back row kill by Medina put the game out of reach, 24-17. Morales ended the game with a kill to close it out, 25-18.

The girls were practically flawless during this game. If they continue to play like this, they can make a run down the stretch of the season into CIF. They head into next week looking towards the rematch with St. Margaret’s.