Taft Volleyball Sweeps Sequoias Behind Efficient Attack
| Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEQ | 17 | 16 | 20 | 0 |
| TAF | 25 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
TAFT, Calif. - Taft College’s women’s volleyball team swept College of the Sequoias 3-0 on Wednesday, Oct. 14, in Taft. The Cougars hit .365 for the match.
Taft opened with a 25-17 victory before taking the second set 25-16, its largest set-winning margin of the match. Sequoias made the third set the closest of the night, but the Cougars finished the sweep with a 25-20 win. Taft totaled 42 kills with just four attack errors in 104 attempts, while Sequoias finished with 34 kills and 17 errors in 99 attempts for a .172 hitting percentage.
Jazzahlei Satele led the Cougars with 12 kills and added 10 digs. Jadalynn Satele delivered nine kills without an attack error in 18 attempts, hitting .500 while contributing eight digs and an ace. Vienna Perier also went without an attack error, recording eight kills on 17 attempts for a .471 hitting percentage. She added 15 assists, 12 digs and two aces.
Railye-Marie Makainai-Kon supplied a team-high 20 assists and five digs as Taft finished with 40 assists. Ku'uleimokihana Manaois led the serving effort with three of the Cougars’ seven aces and added four kills without an error in six attempts. Taft committed three service errors and allowed two aces.
Teihanni Tafisi anchored the back row with a team-high 13 digs, helping the Cougars finish with 52 to Sequoias’ 48. At the net, Shylah Pulu-Havi Valdez contributed one solo block and four block assists along with four kills. Havi Valdez added five kills and two block assists. Taft totaled five team blocks, compared with three for Sequoias.
Zakoiyah Smith paced Sequoias with 11 kills, while Desiree Roberts and Nicole Pascual added seven apiece. Natalie Rankin recorded 18 assists, and Tatiana Quinones led Sequoias with 12 digs. The Cougars play next at Clovis College on Friday, Oct. 16, at 5 p.m.
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