Concordia women’s volleyball team captures third win in a row

Concordia freshman Jordan Mineer (No. 14) and her Concordia teammates had plenty of reason to celebrate after sweeping the Academy of Art Knights on Saturday.

The Concordia University Irvine women’s volleyball team lined up two victories in less than 24 hours to cap off a successful road trip to the Bay Area.

After dispatching Academy of Art in three sets on Saturday, CUI returned home to Irvine on a three-game winning streak while sporting a 3-1 PacWest conference record.

After falling behind 9-4 in the opening stanza, sophomore Jaclyn Brown helped get the Eagles back on track.

Brown found two aces up her sleeve and went on a serving tear to help the Green and Gold go on a 6-0 run.  That scoring frenzy put the Eagles up 15-10 but they were just starting to get into a groove.

Riley Gill also helped out by securing back-to-back aces of her own.  Gill served six straight times to help CUI close out the first set, 25-16.

After falling behind 3-0 to start the second game, Concordia rattled off ten straight points with Gill doing lots of the damage again from the serving line.  Gill finished with seven aces on the day.

A freshman connection helped cap off the second set by a count of 25-15 as Brianna Latigue set up Jordan Mineer for a kill that gave CUI a 2-0 lead.

The Eagles flew out to a 6-0 advantage in the third set and hung on for the sweep, 25-22.

Freshman Patience O’Neal powered her way to nine kills to lead the Eagles and classmate Hannah Tostado finished with a team-high four blocks.

Ailsa Watson made it look elementary with 20 assists and Clarice Buchanan did her part with a dozen digs to lead the Green and Gold in that category.

-Story courtesy Ben Rosehart