Long Beach Poly Ran Out of Gas Days After Winning Its CIF Title

In high school girls' volleyball, CIF Southern Section champion Long Beach Poly lost its state regional opener after taking a 2-1 lead in sets.

Long Beach Poly's girls' volleyball team won a CIF Southern Section title Saturday. On Tuesday, the Jackrabbits had nothing left. Third-seeded Poly lost its CIF SoCal Regional Division I opener in five sets to No. 14 Coronado, taking a 2-1 lead before dropping the fourth set and then the fifth, 15-11, The562 reported Wednesday.

The schedule wasn't kind. Poly (29-8) needed five sets to beat Redondo Union in Saturday's Division 2 final, then had three days to recover. Coronado (35-5), from the San Diego Section, hadn't played since losing to Cathedral Catholic a week earlier.

It showed in the box score. Poly made a season-high 31 errors to go with 56 kills and hit .151, and it missed several serves late in the third and fourth sets. Ashlynn Proctor had 28 kills and five blocks for Coronado, and Kenna Iamaleava led Poly with 18 kills. "We just had no more gas left in the tank," coach Gerald Aquiningoc told The562.

Poly's seniors still leave with four straight Moore League titles and two Southern Section crowns in three years, which is half of the program's four in the sport. "This is the best group I've coached," Aquiningoc said.

Redondo Union, the team Poly beat Saturday, won its regional opener in four sets over Corona del Mar that same night, according to the Los Angeles Times' results. Quarterfinals are Thursday. Redondo still has a game to play there, and Poly still has the title.

Source: the562.org, retrieved November 11, 2026. Other sources: sports.yahoo.com, sports.yahoo.com (2).