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Avalon Volleyball

CIF Volleyball: Avalon Sweeps To Semifinals

Mike GuardabascioComments Off on CIF Volleyball: Avalon Sweeps To Semifinals

The Avalon girls’ volleyball team picked up another sweep victory in the Division 9 playoffs as they traveled to Santa Clara and won in three.

The Lancers will host a semifinal match against Mesa Grande on Saturday as the last Long Beach area team standing in the CIF Southern Section playoffs (Poly will play in the state playoffs in two weeks).

Virginia Soto led the way with 10 kills, 21 assists, and eight digs. Yuliana Vega has 30 digs, while Hannah Hoefs added 11 kills.

Mike Guardabascio
An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 13 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous awards for his writing as well as the CIF Southern Section’s Champion For Character Award, and is the author of three books about Long Beach history.
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