Golden Eagles go 3-0 to open season at Skyline Quad

SAN BRUNO – The 2024 Lemoore College women's volleyball season got off to a great start as the Golden Eagles won all three of their matches at the Skyline College quad on Friday.

Sophomore Mia Elizondo had a huge opening day in totaling 42 kills and 51 digs to help lead Lemoore to victories over Mendocino College (W, 3-2), Las Positas College (W, 3-0), and host Skyline (W, 3-1).

Lemoore was tested in the first match of the day, but came out on top of a tough Mendocino squad by final scores of 25-23, 18-25, 21-25, 25-18, 15-11.

Elizondo set the tone early, coming up with 15 kills, 23 digs, and 7 aces.

"Without her aces, we would have lost the match," said Lemoore head coach Kevin Wilds.

Also against Mendocino, Molly Hester added 7 kills and 17 digs while Eliora Go-Janks had 5 kills and 4 aces.

It was Hester's time to shine in 25-21, 25-18, 25-21 sweep of Las Positas. She totaled 11 kills, 1- digs, and 4 aces for the Golden Eagles.

"Molly's efficient hitting and timely aces helped the team take the sweep," said Wilds.

Anisa Meraz came up big for the Golden Eagles in helping lead the squad to a 25-20, 25-19, 25-27, 25-23 win over Skyline to close out the day's action.

Meraz was a wall at the net, putting up 10 huge blocks to led Lemoore.

Anisa's prowess at the net defensively sparked the team to the win against Skyline," Wilds said.

Lemoore, now 3-0, is back in action on Thursday (Aug. 29) when it will host Santa Rosa Junior College at 1 p.m. in its 2024 home opener. That will be followed on Friday (Aug. 30) with a pair of matches against Skyline (12 p.m.) and Allan Hancock College (4 p.m.). All Lemoore home matches are set to be played at Golden Eagle Arena.