Vaqueros sweep Cuesta to earn share of sixth straight WSC North title

Kaylene Ureno and Carolyn Andrulis combined for 23 kills and 19 digs on Friday night to spark SBCC to a 25-9, 25-15, 25-16 sweep in a WSC North women's volleyball finale at Cuesta.

The Vaqueros, ranked 15th in the state, earned a share of their sixth straight WSC North title and eighth in nine years. They've won their last six matches (all by sweep) to improve to 21-5 and 7-1 in conference. They tied for first with Moorpark but will get the No. 1 seed in the playoffs due to a better set differential in their two meetings.

Ureno, a sophomore opposite from Turlock, had 12 kills, a .310 hitting percentage and nine digs. Andrulis, a sophomore outside hitter from Las Vegas, added 11 kills, a .318 percentage and 10 digs. Avery Mulvey had 11 digs and setter Kiana Pisula handed out 26 assists.

The Vaqueros are 19-1 in their last 20 matches. They outhit the Cougars .242 to .010.

"We played as a team tonight with Kiana spreading the offense to all the players," said coach Ed Gover. "Avery did an excellent job controlling the back row. Grace Trocki had a great eight-point serving run to break open the first set."

The Vaqueros will host No. 3 Canyons (21-5) in a WSC crossover on Wednesday at 6 p.m.