Mira Costa ends volleyball season with 19-match winning streak
Mira Costa celebrates its CIF Southern California Regional Division 2 Championship after a thrilling five-game victory over Oak Park. Photo By Mira Costa standards, the Mustang’s performance against Oak Park in the CIF Southern California Regional Championship held at Irvine Valley College on Saturday was sub-par. Yet the talented Mira Costa squad had enough left in the tank to rebound from an opening set loss, overcome numerous service errors and stave off four match points to win its second Southern California Division 2 title in three years. It was Mira Costa’s second dramatic win in a championship match in a week after the Mustangs defeated rival Loyola in five sets to win the CIF Southern Section Division 1 title the previous Saturday. After sweeping Cathedral and L.A. Jordan in easy fashion to reach the finals, Mira Costa came out sluggish against a vastly improved Oak Park team that the Mustangs had defeated 25-17, 27-25 in the fifth-place match at the Best of the West tournament in early March. Scott Stephanoff recorded four critical points in the fifth set to help Mira Costa end its season with a 19-match winning streak. Photo Mira Costa never led in a 24-26 opening-set…
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