Falcon volleyball has faced probably its most important week of the season, hosting rival Long Beach City College and defeating the Vikings in four games and then facing off versus No. 2 state ranked El Camino College, giving the defending champs all they could handle but losing the match.

Cerritos will travel to East Los Angeles College Wednesday and will look to improve upon the SCC record of 7-4.

Unlike the previous match against the Vikings, Long Beach gave Cerritos a much more competitive game forcing the Falcons to beat it in four games.

The No. 21 state-ranked Falcons trailed the Vikings in the third game 15-12 but gained momentum to win that game and they carried that energy in to the fourth game, winning, 24-19.

“We went in to the El Camino match very confident, especially after the way we battled them in the previous meeting” said sophomore Kristen Trillo, who served six straight points in the third game rally versus Long Beach.

The prior serving/blocking mistakes and errors that normally cause the Falcons matches didn’t show when the games were on the line versus the Vikings and Cerritos battled El Camino for all three games but just could not get over the hump.

Sophomore Sarah Naranjo finished the match against the Warriors with 21 kills, three blocks and eight digs.

“The Long Beach match needed to be won in order for us to go in to the El Camino match with confidence and aggression,” stated coach Teresa Ortega.

Cerritos did just that with contributions from almost every player inserted in to the lineup.

Monique Gayton showed her experience with a total of 34 assist and three kills versus the Warriors.

Although Cerritos played well and competed throughout every game against El Camino, the experience of the Warriors just proved to be the deciding factor in that match.

The Falcons will look to take out their frustration against ELAC at 6 p.m., Wednesday.