Bobcats rally past Tigers

The Saddleback women's volleyball team rallied for a 3-1 victory over Riverside City College on Friday night inside the Saddleback gymnasium.  The Bobcats lost the opening set before finding their stride.

Saddleback lost the opening set when Riverside City took advantage of a number of Saddleback miscues for a 25-22 win.  The Bobcats then turned the match around in the middle of the set and managed to outlast Riverside City in a marathon set, 31-29, to even the score.

Riverside had an 11-7 lead in the third set when the momentum completely turned.  The Bobcats went on a big run, scoring seven straight points to take the lead.  Saddleback would end up scoring 18 of the next 24 points as the Tigers started to look tired in a hot and sticky gymnasium.

Saddleback dominated the fourth and final set, streaking past Riverside City, 25-16.  In total, Saddleback scored 43 of the final 65 points of the match to beat the Tigers 3-1.

Saddleback is now 5-2 overall and 2-0 in Orange Empire Conference (OEC) play following the win.  The Bobcats have a non-conference match at Chaffey College on Wednesday night (6:00 PM) before returning home for conference play on Friday when they host Golden West College (6:00 PM).