In what looked to be a promising season for the Cerritos College volleyball team after it started the season on the road defeating South Florida Community College, the season has continued to spiral downwards and it will end with the Falcons missing the playoffs.

The Falcons had to overcome several challenges this season such as replacing last season’s star outside hitter Sarah Naranjo, who transferred to Cal State Long Beach, having 10 of its 15 active players be freshman and setter Lupe Garcia tearing her ACL and missing a majority of the season.

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While this season didn’t pan out how they wanted to, next season looks to have promise as the team’s all-around player, Jessika Suesoff returns, along with Garcia and several other key starters.

One of the biggest difficulties that the team had to face was having to play all of its home matches at Gahr High School due to the construction being done to the Cerritos College Aviary Gym.

“We really needed a home gym this season,” assistant coach Gay Castaneda said. “It’s just not the same playing [at Gahr].

The Falcons will play their final game of the season on Wednesday at Gahr against Los Angeles Harbor, who they swept on Oct. 22.