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<\/p>\nServing, blocking, passing and hitting.<\/p>\n
Mira Costa put it all together over the final three sets of its Bay League boys\u2019 volleyball showdown with Redondo Union on Monday night, prevailing 26-28, 25-13, 25-18, 25-22 to avenge a five-set loss in the teams\u2019 first meeting and stake its claim for the No. 1 seed in the Southern Section Division 1 playoffs.<\/p>\n
\u201cLast time we didn\u2019t think they were as good as they were, but we\u2019ve watched a lot of film since then and saw where they like to go,\u201d said outside hitter Mateo Fuerbringer, who finished with a match-high 27 kills and four of his team\u2019s nine aces. \u201cWe didn\u2019t pass that well in the first set, but after that we started spreading the ball around more and our serving was really good tonight. We got them out of system a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n
Colby Graham had nine kills and three blocks and ended each of the middle sets with a kill as the Mustangs (31-2, 7-1) totaled 15 stuff blocks. Wyatt Davis added eight kills and three blocks and Enzo Barker finished with five kills and two aces. <\/p>\n
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Redondo Union\u2019s Vaughn Flaherty, left, and JR Boice try to block a hit from Mira Costa\u2019s Colby Graham.<\/p>\n
(Steve Galluzzo \/ For The Times)<\/p>\n
Mira Costa ended Redondo Union\u2019s 18-match winning streak and evened up the league standings, but the Mustangs gained the tiebreaker by virtue of fewer sets lost head-to-head.<\/p>\n
Mira Costa saved three match points in the first set before Mavrick Essert ended it with one of his eight kills for the visiting Sea Hawks (26-3, 7-1). His older brother Cash Essert had 11 kills and JR Boice added 10 but Redondo Union was unable to maintain its momentum, never leading once in the last three sets.<\/p>\n
Redondo Union keyed on Fuerbringer to win the first encounter 27-25, 21-25, 25-22, 21-25, 15-13 on its home court March 26, but Monday\u2019s match was a different story as Mira Costa varied its attack to keep the Sea Hawks on their heels.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were gassed the first time because that was right after we played Loyola,\u201d Mustangs setter Jake Newman said. \u201cLoyola took a lot out of us even though we won. So we weren\u2019t prepared for Redondo, but this time around we had two weeks to practice and study their tendencies.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Mira Costa libero Dane Del Riego returns a serve in a four-set victory over Redondo Union on April 20, 2026.<\/p>\n
(Steve Galluzzo \/ For The Times)<\/p>\n
Newman said closing the match in four sets was critical.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt 24-22 we were telling each other we have to win, we\u2019re not letting this go five,\u201d he said. \u201cWe needed to beat them in four for the league championship.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mira Costa lost to Corona del Mar in tournament play early in the season but has since defeated the Sea Kings twice. It also has victories over Huntington Beach, Loyola and Newport Harbor \u2014 all of which will likely make the highest division.<\/p>\n
Redondo Union won its own Varsity Invitational tournament Saturday, rallying to beat Loyola in the finals, and swept Newport Harbor at home March 21.<\/p>\n
Coach Greg Snyder praised the Mustangs for executing the game plan to near perfection but warned it may not be the last time they have to face their archrival.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s a really good team we just beat … we could very well see them again the playoffs,\u201d he said. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t be surprised if that happens.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Serving, blocking, passing and hitting. Mira Costa put it all together over the final three sets of its…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[120057,6236,120058,30260,48,52,51,8844,47,50,49,1741,12173,96884,120055,317,54291,12965,120056,6196,427],"class_list":{"0":"post-278278","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ace","9":"tag-block","10":"tag-home-court-march","11":"tag-kill","12":"tag-la","13":"tag-la-headlines","14":"tag-la-news","15":"tag-last-time","16":"tag-los-angeles","17":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","18":"tag-los-angeles-news","19":"tag-lot","20":"tag-loyola","21":"tag-match-point","22":"tag-mira-costa-boy-volleyball","23":"tag-monday-night","24":"tag-mustang","25":"tag-newport-harbor","26":"tag-rival-redondo-union","27":"tag-set","28":"tag-team"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}