LONG BEACH \u2014 The Long Beach Poly girls volleyball team has been building to this moment for several years, according to coach Gerald Aquiningoc.<\/p>\n
Poly defeated rival Millikan in three sets Tuesday, 25-10, 25-19, 25-22, to secure the program\u2019s fourth consecutive Moore League title.<\/p>\n
The Jackrabbits improved to 24-7 overall and 8-0 in the Moore League. They went 24-0 in sets in league.<\/p>\n
\u201cWinning four straight Moore League championships is incredibly special for our program,\u201d Aquiningoc said. \u201cThis senior class is the same group I came in with when I took over at Poly four years ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo see them finish their high school careers as four-time league champions, undefeated in league play, is something I\u2019m extremely proud of. Going 24-0 in sets this season is a testament to their hard work, commitment and the standard they\u2019ve established for this program. We set a goal to go through league without dropping a set and that\u2019s not an easy accomplishment.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Jackrabbits, who are led by seniors Cika Talaga (Illinois commit), McKennah Iamaleava (UC Irvine commit) and Aleeya Salima (Cal State Dominguez Hills commit), have not lost a league match since 2023.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese young ladies have continued to raise the bar each year and I\u2019m proud of what they\u2019ve built here at Long Beach Poly,\u201d Aquiningoc said.<\/p>\n
Poly is No. 9 in the CIF-SS girls volleyball power rankings released Oct. 6.<\/p>\n
The CIF Southern Section girls volleyball playoff brackets will be released Friday.<\/p>\n
Aquiningoc, who led Poly to a CIF-SS Division 3 title in 2024 and to the Division 2 semifinals in 2025, is looking forward to seeing his team compete against Division 1-level opponents.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want us to continue competing at a high level and playing our style of volleyball,\u201d Aquiningoc explained. \u201cWe\u2019ve built a lot of confidence and chemistry through the season, and now it\u2019s about trusting one another, trusting our preparation, and executing when it matters most.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know the level of competition is going to rise in the playoffs, but that\u2019s what we\u2019ve been preparing for all season. I want our girls to embrace the challenge, play together, and continue to compete with confidence. If we stay true to who we are and play to our standard, we\u2019ll give ourselves an opportunity to make a deep playoff run.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONG BEACH \u2014 The Long Beach Poly girls volleyball team has been building to this moment for several…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":496078,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[7,5479,2044,6002,131,133,132,137,127],"class_list":["post-496077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-california","tag-high-school-all-sports","tag-high-school-sports","tag-high-school-volleyball","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496077","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=496077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}