Boys volleyball: Knights sweep Mustangs

TORRANCE - A Costa Mesa High team Coach Dave Sorrells said

overachieved this season, could not overcome a more experienced Bishop

Montgomery squad Friday, as the visiting Mustangs fell, 15-3, 15-6,

15-11, in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division IV boys

volleyball playoffs.

Seniors Carlos Jaime and Eli Solis paced Mesa with eight kills apiece,

but Sorrells said the Knights controlled the pace of the match.

“(The Knights) were able to play a little bit quicker pace than we

were,” Sorrells said. “If we could have stayed with them a little better,

we might have been able to knock on the door to beating them. If we could

have blocked better and maintained our composure better, we could have

been more competitive than the score indicated.

“It’s kind of sad we have to go out like this,” Sorrells said of the

Mustangs, who made their first playoff appearance since 1999 as an

at-large entry, after finishing fifth in the rugged Pacific Coast League.

“But our kids overachieved. All in all, it has been a pretty good

season.”

Mesa finished 10-11, while Bishop Montgomery advances to Tuesday’s

second round.