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Cabrillo freshman golf ace Morgan Salm enjoys taking along some of her friends to the course. She shot a 46 to lead the Conquistadors to a third place finish.




Girls Volleyball
Lompoc (0-7, 0-4 LPL) fell 2-3 versus Templeton

Where do I even begin ? Well, first off - if you weren't at Paisola Pavillion Thursday night - You missed a WHALE of a sporting event !! The Eagles eventually prevailed over the Braves 25-19, 22-25, 25-21, 23-25, 15-9.

Lompoc came into this match not having won even a game this year. But it's even bigger than that - reportedly they haven't won 2 games in a match since a couple of victories in October. October of 2006. Yup, a 30-some match losing streak. They haven't played a five-game match in recent memory. The pattern has been to play game one tough, fall off a bit in game 2, and make it look good against the subs in game 3. No more of that - on this night they fought!

Game 1 was a typical affair. Templeton jumped out to an early lead (4-1), Lompoc closed the gap in the middle, even taking a 2-point lead on a Jackie Towsend ace. But Kristie Humphries served 5 straight points before Lompoc forced a side-out. The Braves then gave it right back on a service error. The Eagles stretched a few points into a 20-14 lead, and Lompoc was never able to catch up.

Game 2 was almost a mirror of the first one. Lompoc took an early 6-1 lead and held off several surges. Up 17-10 the Braves saw their advantage whittled down to a 20-19 edge after a service error. The teams exchanged mistakes for a few points then Cameron Lizarraga pounded down a kill to win it.

Game 3 reverted to the old ways. The Braves quickly found themselves behind 8-1. They were still down seven at 12-19. Erica Slikker at the line after a Stepanie Olsen tip-in. She had two aces and a kill and served six consecutive winners to get within one (18-19). But Templeton called a timeout, won the next point and six of the last nine.

Lompoc lost the first two points of Game 4, came back and tied at 4, and again at 7. Townsend's serving helped them to a 12-7 lead, but the Eagles again carved it down, eventually using two aces to take a 17-15 lead of their own. Lompoc tied it at 19, but in the process lost senior setter Olsen to an arm/shoulder injury. Then they lost 3 straight points. The Eagles had a service error, after a point - so did Lompoc (21-23). An Eagles hitting error cut the margin to one, put Jackie T at the line, and during the break in the action Stephanie Olsen re-entered the game from the training room. Olsen had an immediate effect, putting in a tip-over to tie it at 23, Townsend had an ace, and Slikker slammed home a kill for the win.

In the tie-breaker the Eagles pushed out to 4-1 and 7-2 leads as several Lompoc problems that had been in absent most of the night, suddenly recurred. The Braves cut the margin to 9-6, but were outscored 6-2 down the stretch. Perhaps some nerves were involved, but as one observer pointed out - no-one on the team was used to playing with the match on the line.


Coach Sevilla huddles them up between games four and five.


Cameron Lizarraga had 20 kills, 10 blocks, and 2 aces. Erika Slikker followed with eight kills and five aces, and Brandy Machado added five kills.
The defensive effort by everybody was outstanding.
Junior Varsity/Frosh
The JV lost in straight sets (25-15, 25-17). Two team members summed it up -"we just didn't play well".

The freshmen fell to Templeton 25-17, 25-20 in a possibly competitive match doomed by Lompoc errors. Last week the frosh dropped three single set matches at the Morro Bay Tournament to Mission Prep, Nipomo, and St. Joseph.


Cabrillo lost 3-0 @ Morro Bay (4-6, 3-2 LPL)
The Pirates swept Cabrillo 25-18, 25-14, 26-24. Ciara Ramos led the Pirates with 10 kills, and Sara Hoversten added eight kills and four aces.

Junior Varsity/Frosh
The JV [8-2, 5-0 LPL] team beat Morro Bay 2-0 (25-17, 25-16). Felicia Bowen recorded 4 kills, Kristina Goodchild had 9 digs and 3 aces, and Summer Galvin and Colby Edman had 6 digs apiece.

Tuesday's JV
The squad improved to 4-0 inthe LPL with a 25-12, 22-25, 15-9 win over the St. Joseph Knights. The team really stepped it up at line - missing only 4 serves all night. Caitlyn Harvey Morgan had 4 aces, 5 digs, and a couple of kills, while Cathy Lynes provided consistant serving and what Coach Jennifer Smith described as "awesome defense".

Santa Ynez fell to St Joseph 3-0 in a battle for first place in the LPL. [Story]

Girls Golf

LPL Tournament #3
[Lompoc hosts at La Purisima CC]

At a windy La Purisima Golf Course on Thursday the Santa Ynez Pirates improved their scores by 8 strokes (237) while the St Joe Knights dropped 11 strokes (256) behind the 245 pace both teams set last week at Vandenberg CC. The Knights were jumped by the 'bear' - the afternoon wind on a course that can quickly turn a hole from a 4 to 10. The SY girls managed to deal with it, the Knights did not. Every St. Joe player (except Christy Mahan) was a least two strokes higher than last weeks scores, 5 of the 6 Pirates improved theirs.

Cabrillo (284) was third, but the real contest was for the 4th- 6th spots. The tight finishes by Morro Bay (331), Lompoc (332), and Santa Maria (334) made sure the official scorers were double and triple checking the results.

After alternating Medalist honors the last two weeks, Maddison "Maddie" Shean (SY) & Danielle "Budger" Gilaspy (SJ) apparently decided to tie - both shot 42. Sarah Sanger (SY) took third with a 44 - her best tournament score so far. Only six players shot under 50.

Cabrillo's Paige Hurlbut dropped her score 14 strokes from two weeks ago, Lompoc's Ali Wilson recorded a personal best 65, and the Braves Anna Clark earned her first varsity tournament start due to her play on Monday.

Team scorers:
Cabrillo [284]:Morgan Salm 46, Mariah Hall 64, Paige Hurlbut 51, Jade Stevens 58, Marissa Merrick 65, and Gabby Hott 67.

Lompoc [332]:Kaleigh Goethe 58, Julietta Solis 69, Jocelyn Caudillo 63, Betty Sullivan 77, Ali Wilson 65, and Anna Clark 81.

Santa Ynez [237]:Kristen Henno 48, Maddison Shean 42, Sarah Sanger 44, Blake Colvin 56, Merideth Stewart 52, and Nicole Abiad 51.

St. Joseph [256]:Danielle Gilaspy 42, Marissa Gutierrez 49, Kelsey Wong 59, Christy Mahan 58, Chloe Dunn 60, and Danika Cochiolo 58.

Santa Maria [334]:Jackie Teniente 56, Gretal Corsa 65, M'recia Morales 73, Donna Olivera 63, Rosario Reyes 77, and Luz Juarez 79.

Morro Bay [331]:Shanna Crawford 57, Jill Steinman 62, Jessica Haney 72, Emma Held 70, Summer Miller 70, Brielyn Bigham 85.


Girls LPL Tennis
The first round of home and home duals ended with Santa Ynez out front 6-0.

Lompoc (1-5 LPL) won 15-3 @ Santa Maria
The Braves finally broke into the LPL win column with a 15 - 3 romp over the Saints on a day they were without #1 singles player Paty Martinez who was sick. As a result, Renee Xiong (3-6, 6-0, 6-2), and Sameeha Husayn (6-2, 6-2, 6-1) each moved up a spot and played well. Korina Esqueda (0-6, 1-6, 6-4) moved to #3 singles and picked up a point.

This match, however, was won by the doubles units who all swept - dominating 54-6 in games. Both the Dana Campitelli / Maria Morales and Elicity Fabing / Kaitlyn Munoz teams swept without losing a game, while Nicole Nomany / Jessica Cosio swept 6-0, 6-2, 6-4.

The Santa Maria points were earned by Belgian exchange student Astrid Schiffers (6-3, 6-0) and Glenda Polancos (6-1).

Junior Varsity
The Braves won the match at the very windy Dave Bickmore Courts 10-8 after the #3 doubles team pulled out a 7-6 (7-5) tiebreaker win. The match was made significantly closer by the presence of German exchange student Vanessa Opoku who won all three of her sets at #3 singles. Emily Tremblay (6-3, 6-4, 2-6), Gold Vang (2-6, 6-1, 1-6), and Katelyn Lee (6-0, 3-6, 2-6) each earned at least one singles point for the Braves.

The #1 doubles unit Ashley Branson / Azucena Villalobos swept (6-1, 6-0, 6-1),. The #2 squad Serena Zuares / Julie Abrego split two sets (3-6, 6-3), before giving way to subs Miriam Lopez / Jessica Smith who lost a close one (5-7).

The set of the match occurred with the score tied 8-8, with both one singles and one doubles set remaining. The doubles contest was eventually won by Coach Jim Steffey's favorite new players Isabel Anguiano & Rosa Carreno, who were down early in the match but who were able to pull it out. They won in the first round (6-1), and fell behind 4-0 against the Saints #1 team but fought back before falling 6-4.

Cabrillo (4-2 LPL) fell 10-8 @ Santa Ynez (6-0 LPL)
The Pirates won seven times in doubles and picked up another three while freely substituting in singles. Cabrillo singles players Julie Leyva (2-1), Ashley Pennewell (2-1), and Nikki Piertsegaele (2-1) each won two sets. But the Pirate doubles dominators Lauren Swift / Emily Ineman swept their three sets, Erica Schroeder / Alisa Silsbee went 2-0, and Katie Manser / Brittany Feighner were 2-1. The Cabrillo doubles pairs were: Brissa Montes / Jessica Montes (1-2), Lanae Magers/ Katy Carlson (0-3), Jocelyn Walton / Elke Piertsegaele (1-2).

Morro Bay (3-5, 2-4 LPL) lost 11-7 @ Templeton (4-6, 3-3 LPL)
This was yet another of those singles vs. doubles battles. Morro Bay took seven of nine singles sets, but the Eagles were able to sweep in doubles.

Natalie Hoage / Taylor Eisemann (6-1, 6-0 and 6-0) led the Templeton doubles effort.

St. Joseph 18, Coast Union 0
Frankie Eszes blanked three opponents in a 6-0, 6-0, 6-0 sweep, and the Knights (7-2) swept this non-league match at St. Joseph.Kayla Zimmer and Victoria Thomas swept their two doubles sets 6-0, 6-0. Ane McPike swept two singles sets by the same score.

Boys Water Polo
Cabrillo 7 lost @ San Marcos 9
The Conquistadors had a big third quarter to get themselves back in the contest, scoring 4 goals to pull within a point - but it wasn't enough. The Royals scored 3 in the first, and 2 in each following period, while Cabrillo only scored one in each quarter except the 3rd. For the Conqs: Darling (4), Chard (2), & Thiele scored, and Keeling had 7 saves. San Marcos goalkeeper Travis Johnson dominated the match with 14 saves. Boysel & Gostow had 3 goals each, and Kilpatrick, Lisea ,& Rivera had 1 apiece.

Paso Robles 8 won @ Santa Ynez 7
In this non-league contest, Neil Shapiro's fourth goal of the game was the charm. With two seconds left, his cross-cage shot off a pass sank the Pirates . Santa Ynez led 5-3 at the big break, but was out-scored 3-0 in the 3rd period. Small (3), Ozimec (3), and Riva had goals, and Taylor had 5 saves for the Pirates. Santa Ynez is now 13-5 (2-0 LPL).

Cross-country
The mystery of the disappearing Braves has been solved, thanks to some of the some of the folks who actually read this here blog !! [Yea !! They exist]The Braves switched meets, and went to Pepperdine instead. Here's the info from DyeStat with the appropiate corrections.

Lompoc @ The Pepperdine Invitational

Boys 3 Mile Run CC Small School Varsity
Team: 90 (3rd of 17)
[Secta 70, Eastside 83, Tustin 118]
Total Time: 1:29:24.84 Average: 17:52.97

Individual-124 Entrants
Finish/Points Name (Grade) Time
12/07 Martin, Joel (12) 17:18.60
13/08 Morales, Eduardo (9) 17:19.55
27/22 Garcia, Jose (12) 18:02.49
34/29 Holmlund, Johnathan (12) 18:22.00
35/3o Gallagher, Kiefer (12) 18:22.20
52/42 Cole Berber (10) 18:52.48
74/62 Carlos Ortiz (12) 19:48.16

This weekend the Braves are off, but Cabrillo heads to the Clovis Invite which features 40 state-ranked teams.

Note: the JV & Frosh football info will be published Saturday along with the Varsity.