By Ron Smith
October 19, 2019­­­­­
 
(SAN DIMAS, Calif.) Westmont Volleyball (18-5, 9-3 GSAC) rebounded from Friday night's loss at Hope International (15-7, 9-3) by sweeping Life Pacific (10-14, 3-10) on Saturday afternoon (25-20, 25-17, 25-22) in a Golden State Athletic Conference match.
 
"It was a good turnaround for us," said Westmont head coach Ruth McGolpin. "We talked a lot last night after the match. My opening statement to them today before we played was, 'It's a new day, turn the corner.' It was good to see people play well and play a little looser."
 
Senior right side hitter Cassidy Rea led the Warriors offensively by recording 11 kills on 24 attempts without committing a hitting error.
 
"I was happy to see Cassidy step up and play well," said McGolpin. "Her hitting percentage (.458) was great."
 
Hali Galloway added nine kills to the Warrior attack while Brooklynn Chenney contributed seven kills, eight serve receptions and 20 digs.
 
"Brooklynn has been playing every minute of every game since the start of the season and is deserving of being on the floor because she is so steady," offered McGolpin.
 
After this weekend's Golden State Athletic Conference volleyball action, Hope International (16-7, 10-3) is in first place with a half-game lead over Westmont. #21 Vanguard (20-6, 9-4) is in third place, one-half game behind the Warriors. The Master's (14-9, 8-4) and Menlo (12-9, 8-4) are tied for fourth place another one-half game behind.
 
Next week, Westmont will host San Diego Christian (3-17, 0-13) on Friday and Vanguard on Saturday. Both matches are scheduled to begin at seven o'clock.