Bia Silva, a 2022 All-South Coast Conference First Team setter, is moving her talents to NCAA Division I UC Riverside after a brilliant 2-year career for the Pasadena City College women's volleyball team.
The Pasadena City College women's volleyball team ran the gamut of play levels in its Southern California Regional, Round 2 playoff match on Tuesday night. Despite playing on their home floor at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium, the Lancers looked out of sync for two sets against the fast-paced attack of state #6-ranked Grossmont.
Seeded #8 and making the postseason for the fifth consecutive season under head coach Mike Terrill, Pasadena City College hosts #9 Grossmont in Round 2 of the Southern California Women's Volleyball Regionals on Tuesday, Nov. 22. First serve is 6 p.m. at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
Trying to hold on to its state ranking, the #21 Pasadena City College women's volleyball team recorded 4-set victories over East Los Angeles and Cerritos on back-to-back days Wednesday and Thursday that improved the Lancers records to 16-7 overall and 6-5 in the South Coast Conference.
Although non-conference RPI is only one criteria in the formula to qualify for the SoCal Regional Playoffs, the #22-ranked Pasadena City College women's volleyball team has that area down pat. PCC is #3 in the region in the rating at .663 (seventh in the state) after its sweep at Mt. San Jacinto on Nov. 2.
Since the start of South Coast Conference play, the state #13-ranked Pasadena City College women's volleyball team had a target on its back. The defending undefeated in conference champions (18-0 last year) are experiencing the full effects of fellow SCC teams rising to the occasion to beat the Lancers.
Since head coach Mike Terrill took over the Pasadena City College women's volleyball program in 2016, the Lancers have used serving as an offensive weapon by challenging opponents with an aggressive approach from the serve line.
In just his sixth season directing the program, Pasadena City College women's volleyball head coach Mike Terrill collected victory #100 in his career as the Lancers swept Cerritos, 25-12, 25-21, 26-24, Friday night at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
For two sets on Wednesday night, the Pasadena City College women's volleyball team showed why it had reached the #8 ranking in this week's State Top 25. But by the time #21 Mt. San Antonio completed an improbable comeback, defeating the Lancers in five sets, PCC realized it could not rest on its laurels.
Still stinging from an opening upset loss to El Camino that started South Coast Conference play, the state #9 Pasadena City College women's volleyball team rebounded Friday night by sweeping host Long Beach City College, 25-22, 25-18, 25-18, in a conference matchup.
The Pasadena City College women's volleyball team went undefeated in South Coast Conference play in 2021, winning the title with a perfect 18-0 record. On Friday night, the state #8 Lancers figured to keep their streak going. But previously winless and host El Camino College had other plans.
A 2021 first-round playoff exit in a 3-set loss to College of the Canyons was on the minds of the Pasadena City College women's volleyball coaching staff entering a rematch between the two squads Wednesday. When the visiting Lancers lost the first two sets, the thought of having to go through another deflating sweep was enough to reverse course for PCC.
Ranked #11 in the state, the Pasadena City College women's volleyball team used an efficient hitting and serving attack to record sweeps over Citrus and Antelope Valley at the PCC Quad #2 tourney held Friday at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
Much like it did last season, the Pasadena City College women's volleyball team is establishing itself as a force in the Southern California region. Ranked #11 in the opening CCCWVCA State Top 25 Rankings, the Lancers made a statement Wednesday night in defeating #5 Moorpark in 4 sets, 25-19, 21-25, 25-22, 25-23, at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
The week started with the news that setter Bia Silva was named the CCCWVCA State Player of the Week and it ended with the Pasadena City College women's volleyball team scoring notching victories over Golden West, Santa Barbara City, and Bakersfield Colleges.
Last season, the Pasadena City College women's volleyball team had a historic 18-0 run to the South Coast Conference title, ran off a 20-match overall win streak, and earned the #2 seed in the regional playoffs. All of that success was thanks to a key group of mostly veteran sophomore players. The 2022 Lancers have nearly a completely new group save for just one returning sophomore--and that letterman is already paying dividends.