It took five sets, but the Pacheco Panther girls’ volleyball team (10-5, overall, 6-3 WAC) finally defeated the Mustangs from Mt. House 3 sets to 2, on Oct. 11, in the Panther gym.
The Panthers easily won the first set. They defeated the Mustangs by the score of 25-8, with the final point coming when a Mustang girl returned a shot that went out of bounds.
Pacheco dropped the following two sets to Mt. House, 25-21 in the second and 25-22 in the third set.
The Panthers rebounded in the fourth, 25-15, to tie the match at two sets each. Sofia O’Brien secured the Pacheco victory when she tipped the ball just over the net, and the Mustangs could not return the shot.
In the fifth and deciding set, the Panthers closed the match with a 15-10 victory over the Mustangs. Madelyn De La Pena slammed her serve deep into the Mustang side, and Mt. House could not return the ace for the winning shot.
