The Lady Dons shot down the Lady Seahawks as easy preyflew over De Anza College last Wednesday.
Sweeping the Lady Seahawks of Cabrillo College (30-12, 30-15,30-11), the Lady Dons volleyball team advanced to a 10-2 overallseason record.
Leading the game in kills, outside hitter Amy Federighi and middleblocker Ruby Park combined for 18 kills, nine apiece.
The front line showed strong enforcement of both offensive anddefensive plays for the Lady Dons.
“We always emphasize attacking for every play, so we never want togive another team a free ball,” said Head Coach Dawnis Guevera.
“We always want to have all six of our players, whoever they are onthe court, thinking attack, attack, attack, so we are alwaysputting the other team on defense.”
In the second set of the game, setter Kari Saltzman and outsidehitter Erin Grolle served well, for a combined score of 13 pointsbehind the line.
Federighi added two strong aces of her own (23-11, 24-11) in thesecond set.
The aces didn’t end there for the Lady Dons. Middle blockerCristiana Blauth provided four aces in the late points of the thirdand final set.
Blauth added seven points and came close to putting the game away,until her serve hit the net.
“De Anza has a very good front line, and they serve tough as well,”said Lady Seahawks Head Coach Gayle Stammer. “I thought they playeda really good match.”
The Lady Seahawks put more pressure in the third set, yet they werestill unable to win a set.

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