Claremont volleyball team claims share of Palomares League title

The Claremont volleyball team registered a 3-2 (20-25, 26-24,25-21, 20-25,15-12) win over Glendora tonight to snag a share of the Palomares League title.
Senior Simone Bliss tallied 18 kills and 22 digs while junior Emilee Rohrer added 17 kills. Junior libero Bel  Grabowski  anchored the defense with 25 digs.
Coach Daniel Reighter used two setters and both were effective as senior Merisa Marquez managed 29 assists and senior Kylie Robinson added 27 assists. Marquez started the season as the third string setter but moved up on the depth chart after Kira Butz sustained a season-ending dislocated shoulder.  Her emergence had Reighter rethinking his strategy of going from a 6-2 offense to a 5-1.
No one is quite sure the last time Claremont has won a league title in volleyball but Reighter believes it is close to two decades.
Reighter, the team’s sixth coach in as many years, said the key has been communication. The Wolfpack (16-7, 9-1) got off to a slow start but hit their stride the second round of league play.
“It’s been all about communication,” he said. “The girls are identifying a problem, talking about the problem and finding a way to fix it. We struggled with that early.”
Reighter said the turning point of the season came after the first match against Glendora which his team lost 3-0.
The next day at practice he started the afternoon with a one-hour team meeting to clear the air.
“We got everything out in the open. Whether it was a problem somebody had with someone else or a question on what we were defensively. We addressed every isse and got it out on the table in a respectful manner.”
Marissa Montoya had 19 kills and fie aces from Glendora (22-4, 9-1) in the losing effort.  Alex Lowden added 14 kills and 24 digs and Emma Svagdis had 13.
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