Gabrielino always is fighting a height issues.

The Eagles have not had a big player in five seasons, when 6-foot-2 Amanda Watkins played, The tallest player on this season’s team is 5-foot-7 junior Sofia Husein.

“Our size is not the greatest,” coach Cuong Chau said. “Up at Huntington Drive is the forest. Down here is the desert. We play below the net down here, but you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do. It can be my wish to get big girls, but I’m not praying too hard.”

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