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By Jesse Muñoz COC Sports Information Director LANCASTER — College of the Canyons freshman Addison DeGard served up eight aces and fellow frosh Martina Neveleff tallied 13 kills to help lead the Cougars to a 3-1 conference victory at Antelope Valley College on Friday night. Set scores were 25-17, 25-20, 19-25, 25-18. Canyons (7-11, 5-1) has won back-to-back matches with wins also coming in five of the team’s last six outings. Aside from a slight slowdown in the third set, Canyons was in full control over an AVC (12-4, 3-3) team that had won three of its previous four matches. The Cougars combined for 13 aces in the match and also ended the night with 70 digs, including 17 from both Degard and Morgan Dumlao to tie for the team lead. Amey Nono was next with 13 and Jorgia Horwedel added eight more. The eight aces from DeGard were a season best. Neveleff’s 13 kills nearly matched her season high of 14, recorded on Sept. 10 vs. College of the Desert. Sofia Miranda finished with seven kills to represent her highest total since the first month of the season. Megan Moreno and Adrianna Pakes added five kills apiece to the attack. Katelyn Nelson combined for seven blocks at the net with three solo stops. Dumlao and Jazmine Muñoz distributed the ball to the tune of 18 and 13 assists, respectively. Canyons remains a game behind conference leader Santa Monica College (17-4, 6-0) in the top spot of the Westen State Conference, South Division standings. The Cougars were set to begin the second round of their conference schedule with a trip to Citrus College on Wednesday. After that, it’s back home in the Cougar Cage for a conference match vs. Glendale College at 6 p.m. Friday. COC beats West L.A., 3-0 Earlier last week, COC worked quickly in earning a 3-0 conference win over visiting West L.A. College at the Cougar Cage on Oct. 15, behind a balanced attack that saw 12 players score points. Set scores were 25-11, 25-10, 25-10. The sweep was also the first for COC this season. The match lasted just over 60 minutes as the Cougars quickly got to work against a West L.A. (3-12, 1-4) team that struggled to find its footing. The Cougars had four players top the five-kill plateau, including Katelyn Nelson, who finished with the team-high at seven. Nelson hit .375 for the match and added three digs with a pair of block assists. Landon Poirier put down five kills on eight attacks on an ultra-efficient night that also included four digs and a block assist. Rylee Booth and Sofia Miranda both ended with five kills in the match. Amey Nono recorded a match-high 17 digs. Jazmine Muñoz was next with eight digs, alongside 11 assists. Muñoz also finished with a team-high three aces. Morgan Dumlao led with 12 assists and added seven digs with two aces. Booth added seven digs while Addison DeGard had six. Megan Moreno, Martina Neveleff, Nelson, Adrianna Pakes, and Poirier were all active at the net throughout the match, combining for eight block assists across the three sets. Jorgia Horwedel sent over a pair of aces, with DeGard and Pakes each serving up aces of their own.
