The Mustang sweep: A powerhouse Mira Costa volleyball squad makes history, winning regional, state, and national championships
by Mark McDermott Match point in the third set and final game of an epic season for the Mira Costa Mustangs Boys Volleyball team was momentarily lost to confusion. Archbishop Mitty, who were 40-2 and ranked 8th nationally going into this CIF Division I state championship match, rallied furiously, digging out several attempted kills from the Mustangs almost preposterously large and athletic front row. In a split second, star senior Costa setter Andrew Chapin went down in a heap under the net right as Mitty appeared to win the point on a spike that made its way through the Mustang wall. But a Mitty player had crossed the midcourt line, and the point, match, and historic, inaugural statewide championship went to Mira Costa. That culminating point was just about the only uncertainty in the Mustang’s dominating 25-14, 25-16, 25-21 victory. It capped off a 37-2 season that was crowned with regional, CIF-Southern Section, and state championships, and most likely a national championship (Costa was ranked first in the nation going into Saturday’s championship). The team won its final 10 matches, nine in straight sets, dropping only two sets — those coming in a fiercely contested but…
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