![]() ![]() San Clemente’s girls volleyball team eventually worked out a way to play some games outside on the sand in Newport Beach, before state and local rules finally allowed them in the gym. Last year, the girls volleyball season was delayed three times due to the pandemic, and while other fall sports like football and boys water polo got to start and play abbreviated league seasons, girls volleyball was left on the sideline as an indoor sport. Photo: Zach Cavanaghįor many of the Tritons, this was the first match in front of a full crowd in their high school careers. But they were doing a great job of bouncing back all night.” After letting a fourth-set lead slip away, the San Clemente girls volleyball team slammed home the fifth set with a 9-0 run to defeat Tesoro in the season-opener on Tuesday, Aug. The fifth was more just having confidence in what we can do, know we can execute. ![]() “We had the lead, but I felt that both teams were playing so steady that anything can happen. “I felt the fourth set was one of those even-fight type of matches,” San Clemente coach Casey Swenson said. However, Tesoro countered with a 7-1 run to tie at 21 and eventually won the set, 25-23, to force that fifth set. The Tritons went up 20-14 with a 6-0 run that carried through a Tesoro timeout on the energy of San Clemente’s front line play. While the match had played quite evenly, San Clemente seemed to be ready to end it in the fourth set. I think it came down to working with each other and the energy we had in the last game.”īrown credited the celebratory energy from her teammates in the crowd as she served the final nine points for the Tritons, including an ace coming out of Tesoro’s second timeout of the set. “We knew we wanted to win, and we knew we wanted it more than Tesoro. “We came out there knowing we would pull through,” San Clemente senior Riley Brown said of the fifth set. Nu7kJEdQZr- South OC Sports August 18, 2021 Tesoro came back from a late six-point deficit in the fourth set to force the deciding fifth set, but San Clemente slammed the door with a 9-0 run in the final set to defeat Tesoro, 25-16, 21-25, 25-16, 23-25, 15-5, and open their regular season on a wild high note.įINAL: San Clemente goes on a 9-0 run to close out the 5th set, 15-5, and beat Tesoro, 3-2. On the whole, though, everyone and everything was back where it should be, and those on hand enjoyed a raucous return by the San Clemente girls volleyball team. There were still masks indoors on campus during the day, and masks in the gym that night. A couple firsts in what hopes to be a full and regular schedule for the 2021-22 campaign. It was the first day of school, followed by the first varsity athletic contest of the year. 17, was the start of “normal” for San Clemente High School and the Tritons’ athletic department. Learn more about our new Insider’s program here. That’s why the SC Times is now turning to you for financial support. Today, our business model has been interrupted by the pandemic the vast majority of our advertisers’ businesses have been impacted. We want to provide informative and inspirational stories that connect you to the people, issues and opportunities within our community. The article you’re about to read is from our reporters doing their important work - investigating, researching, and writing their stories. ![]()
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