Volleyball

Flintridge Sacred Heart Takes La Serna to the Limit, But Lancers Defeat Tologs in First Round of CIF-SS Division 4 Playoffs

Oct 20 2023 10:23:05

Girls Volleyball:

The Flintridge Sacred Heart volleyball program saw its season come to an end on Thursday.

But the Tologs didn’t go down without a fight.

La Serna edged FSHA in five games in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 4 playoffs.

The Lancers won by scores of 25-23, 22-25, 24-26, 25-22 and 15-12.

Mikayla Hsieh had a big night with 19 kills and 17 digs.

Luisa Madrigal contributed nine kills and 27 digs.

Lindsey Du chipped in with 22 digs.

Ally Du finished with 16 assists and 10 digs.

And Allexa Valencia chipped in with 14 assists.

The Tologs finished the season at 21-17.

Quotable:

FSHA coach, Trent Tcheng: “We came into the season needing to change our identity and style of play. We have been known in the past as big arms on the outside and feeding them a lot. This year, we didn’t have the arms to sustain that style of play. Our focus was to establish a more balanced offense and bring in the 4-5 hitters into our offense. Our players took on new role from years past and became a more versatile team. I was happy with how our team bought into the team-first mentality this year, and we accomplished more than I thought we would have. I am proud of the fight that this team put in and how they paved a way for the teams in the future to follow.”

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