SBVC (6-14; 3-5) put together a solid effort early, winning the first set, then struggled the rest of the way as the Palm Desert College of the Desert Roadrunners (16-10; 6-1) took the match in four, 18-25, 25-19, 25-18 and 25-22.

Wednesday was Sophomore Night as SBVC honored its final season in the Women's Gym as the team will take up residence in the new Gym being built at the beginning of the 2016 fall sports season.

SBVC opened the first set with a great effort as they battled the Foothill Conference leaders to take a first set victory, 25-18. During the second and third set, the home side struggled, but they worked bravely together as a team and began rallies that fell just a bit short. In the fourth set, SBVC played back-and-forth as they attempted to regain control of the contested match-up. Unfortunately, the home side would fall late in the final set.

Freshman setter Nayeli Hernandez (San Bernardino Aquinas) led the team with 26 assists, had 3 block assists and a service ace and freshman libero Valerie Navarrete (Fontana A.B. Miller) led the team with 15 digs and a service ace.

Freshman outside hitter Daeja Lewis (Redlands East Valley) had 2 kills and a service ace and a block assist and freshman outside hitter Roslynn Hamilton (Moreno Valley Vista del Lago) had 7 kills and 8 digs.

Freshman outside hitter Stephanie Gilbert (Moreno Valley Vista Del Lago) led the team with 10 kills, 2 service aces and 3 block assists and freshman middle blocker Ariana Cole (Fontana Azariel Blanchard Miller) had 8 kills, 2 service aces and 2 block assists.

Sophomore middle blocker Yamiq Myles (Moreno Valley Vista del Lago) had 8 kills, a solo block and 5 block assists.

The next game for SBVC will be at Chaffey on Friday, November 6th at 5:30 p.m.

Photo by Ryun Oddman.
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