San Clemente uses a balanced attack to beat Beckman, a new addition to the South Coast League, in four sets.
San Clemente’s boys volleyball team welcomed Beckman into the South Coast League by beating the Patriots in four sets Thursday at San Clemente High.
The Tritons dropped the opening set, but recovered to win, 21-25, 25-16, 25-23, 25-15.
Beckman (16-4, 1-1) is in its first season in the South Coast League after winning five consecutive Pacific Coast League championships. The Patriots had won 50 consecutive league matches entering Thursday.
San Clemente (13-6, 1-0) won the South Coast League last season and reached the CIF-SS Division 3 championship game.
“I’m just very happy with how our guys showed up tonight,” San Clemente coach Justin DeBlasio said. “To play a team that plays so hard and is so well-coached, to get the outcome we wanted, I’m very happy with how we played.”
Beckman is No. 3 and San Clemente is No. 4 in the Register’s county Top 10.
Both teams finished first in their pools at the Best of the West tournament last weekend. They finished the tournament tied for seventh in the Gold Division.
The match featured two of the top outside hitters in the county, and both have signed with Stanford.
