Girls volleyball showdown at Redondo features South Bay’s best
Redondo senior Skylar Dykstra leads the top-ranked Sea Hawks against defending league champion Mira Costa in a 7 p.m. match on Thursday. Photo When Mira Costa enters the Redondo gym Thursday for the first of two Bay League matches between the rival schools, the Mustangs will be in an unfamiliar position. Sure, the noise level will be high and the competition fierce as two of the top girls volleyball programs in Southern California square off, pitting friends and club teammates against each other. But, unlike most matches in previous seasons, Mira Costa will be competing as the underdog in the 7 p.m. contest. Mira Costa has won 27 league titles in the last 28 years but currently Redondo is ranked No. 1 in CIF Southern Section Division 1-AA while Mira Costa is trying to jump back into the top ten. Even last week’s win against Laguna Beach, the top-ranked team in Division 1-A, failed to move the Mustangs up in the poll. A win over Redondo certainly will. Led by senior Skylar Dykstra, the Sea Hawks are ranked second in the state and third nationally in the MaxPreps Freeman rankings. “As always, the team who handles each others serve will have the best chance to win when we play,”…
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