Warriors Sweep the Firestorm

Westcliff Warriors traveled to Arizona for a 3 match week. First taking on Arizona Christian.

What Happened?

Warriors started off the match on a slow start with the Firestorm going on a couple of runs leading by as much as 6 points.

Firestorm were leading 23-18 with the Warriors having the difficult task coming from behind. Kills from Gabriel Pizza and Trevor Lau chip at the Firestorm lead.

Warriors saw a set point at 24-20 with Westcliff going on a 4-0 run with Kills and a Service Ace from Gabriel Pizza tie the set at 24-24.

Attack Errors from the Firestorm and a Final Kill from Ilias Lazaar give the Warriors the 1st set win.

Rest of the match Warriors controlled the entire match with each set as a team going above 13+ Kills with only 3 Errors.

Warriors sweep the Firestorm 28-26, 25-14, 25-20.

Standout Performances 

Gabriel Pizza led the team with 17 Kills hitting for .419 with 4 Service Aces, 6 Digs and 2 Total Blocks.

Ilias Lazaar followed Pizza with 16 Kills with 3 Digs.

Michael Schoffstall facilitated 41 Assists with a Block and Service Ace.

Andy Jaszczynski led the team with 9 Digs and a Service Ace.

Lisati Vaiala and Thomas Taufetee both grabbed important Kills and Blocks for the Warriors with Vaiala 6 Kills and 2 Blocks and Taufetee 4 Kills and 2 Blocks.

Coaches Notes

We talked to Head Coach Alex Griffiths about the 3-0 sweep after fighting ACU to 5 sets a couple of weeks prior.

"It was great to see our resilience & comfortability to rise when down.  We are finding our consistency & morale which was the biggest adversity coming from a long dead period. 

This game was a big deal for us to see since the last time we played ACU have we taken correct steps forward & the 3-0 win showed that.  

Also realizing now that we cracked the top 15. Everyone will be coming after us to get a place in. 

They have nothing to lose only to gain and now we have something to hold on to. Exciting step forward for our program.  This was always expected now just following through. "

Westcliff will continue their Arizona trip with Park-Gilbert tomorrow at 5pm (PST).