Mira Costa girls volleyball readies for Saturday night rematch against Sierra Canyon, after victory over Newport Harbor
by Paul Teetor After cruising through what felt like a magical season for the last four months, losing to Sierra Canyon in the CIF Southern Section Finals Saturday night was a category 5 shock to the collective system of the Mira Costa Girls volleyball team. “I’m not going to kid you, it was tough on all of us,” Coach Cam Green said. When the girls got on the bus for the long ride home from Cerritos College, silence prevailed until Green put it in perspective for them. “I told them that how we responded over the next few days would define us as a team,” he said. “We could fight back or we could fold.” Within a few minutes, Green said, the girls had reverted to their usual post-game routine while on the way home. “They started singing songs, like they always do,” he said. “That’s when I knew they would be OK. And Wednesday night, against Newport Harbor, they fought back as they started down the road to their second goal this year: winning a state championship. Back in the cozy confines of the Fisher Athletic Complex, and playing in front of a rabid home crowd, the Green and Gold Machine was firing on all cylinders. The four stars – opposite hitter Tanon “Aquaphor” Rosenthal…
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