Mater Dei upsets Sierra Canyon to advance to state | College News
The Mater Dei High ladies’ volleyball workforce had a lot to play for after coming within one victory of a third consecutive Southern Section title.
The Monarchs shortly turned the web page and set their sights on the state championship. Now they discover themselves one win away from attaining that after upsetting No. 1 Sierra Canyon, 20-25, 25-16, 25-22, 25-16, in the Southern California Regional Open Division ultimate Tuesday evening in Chatsworth.
Outside hitter Westley Matavao led the best way with 18 kills and afterward gave a shout-out to her cousin on the other aspect of the online, Missouri-bound setter and fellow junior Lucky Fasavalu.
“We’re family, I love her as a person, she comes to play every match and she knows how to run an offense,” said Matavao, an early commit to UCLA. “We wanted this so much after losing to them last time and we came out swinging tonight.”
A thunderous kill by Addison Coady ended the third set and Mater Dei opened a seven-point lead early in the fourth to guarantee there could be no comeback by the home aspect.
“We played with so much confidence and our energy showed up,” Matavao added. “We have specific serving targets so we focused on that and were in great position on our blocking.”
Mater Dei will strive to seize its third state Open Division title at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Santiago Canyon College in Orange, where the Monarchs (34-5) face Northern California champion Rocklin (37-4), which upset top-seeded Archbishop Mitty in 5 units Tuesday.
Layli Ostovar had 14 and 21 digs, Emma Kingston had 10 kills and six blocks, Lizzy Robinson had 19 digs, Kalea Lee had 24 assists, Sam Capinpin had 17 assists and Jael Smith had six blocks.
The Monarchs not only avenged their loss in the part ultimate, they snapped Sierra Canyon’s 19-match successful streak and handed the Trailblazers (41-4) their only defeat in California all season.
Mater Dei received its first 9 head-to-head conferences with Sierra Canyon before dropping in 4 units in the Southern Section Division 1 ultimate Nov. 8 at Cerritos College. It was the Trailblazers’ fourth part title and halted Mater Dei’s bid for a three-peat under head coach Dan O’Dell.
Mater Dei received its first state Open Division title in 2018 and its second in 2023.
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