Salazar and Fonoti Season Highs at the Warrior Divisional Series

By: Chase Dodge

Westcliff Warriors hosted the divisional series at Momentous Sports Complex against La Sierra and Providence Christian. Throughout the season there have been three Warriors that have been putting in work in the stats category for their positions.

Samantha Carelock, Sam Swanson and Ella Beck each putting in all conference worthy performances. However, Friday two warriors stepped up and each grabbing impressive plays. Karen Salazar has been put into the starting rotation. Salazar in the two matches earned an impressive 10 Kills with 21 Digs.

Monique Fonoti was also putting in work. Fonoti in back to back plays was able to take advantage of a loose ball at the net. Smacking down impressive Kills to give the Warriors momentum. Faith Alvior in the two matches grabbed 21 Kills and Player of the match honors. 

Coaches' Notes

"Faith Alvior earns player of the match versus La Sierra.  Faith has been working a lot with the setters this week and it showed.  She demonstrated her attacking repertoire while hitting a faster tempo set.

Samm Carelock player of the match versus Providence Christian. She was scoring at will in sets. As we needed points, Samm delivered more often than not.  Her defense was great as well.  Samm made adjustments to her approach to keep her scoring going.

Playing back to back matches is very rare in college volleyball.  They fought until the very end as evidenced by being down 16-24 and nearly getting the comeback at 23-25.  A simple ask was made of them to show their passion and joy for the game and they responded." - Head Coach Andy Cole

"We showed a lot of determination and grit today"- Sam Swanson

Westcliff Warriors will be back up North to take on Pacific Union, Simpson and UC Merced.