The Irvine Valley women's volleyball team goes after its fourth straight victory on Wednesday night, taking on Fullerton at home at 6 p.m.
The Lasers have a record of 9-2 overall and 3-1 in the Orange Empire Conference. They moved up a spot to No. 7 in the state poll this week.
IVC sits just a half match behind Saddleback for first place.
Irvine Valley had just one match last week and defeated Saddleback, 25-23, 27-25, 17-25, 25-17, at home on Wednesday.
The Lasers got 12 kills and 13 digs by sophomore outside hitter Tessa Marocco, 10 kills from sophomore opposite Ava Guenther and nine kills each from sophomore middle blocker Natalia Brandlin and freshman outside hitter Tatum Pongs in the win.
Sophomore setter Mia Bertolone ran the offense with 42 assists and added 18 digs and freshman libero Audrey Fowler chipped in 17 digs.
Marocco ranks third in the conference in kills at 3.94 per set, Brandlin is first in the OEC at blocks per set at 1.31 and third in hitting percentage at .376, Bertolone ranks first in assists at 11.03 per set and Fowler is first in the OEC in digs at 4.47 per set.
Fullerton has a record of 1-12 overall and is 0-4 in the Orange Empire Conference.
The Hornets fell to Santiago Canyon, 25-21, 25-23, 25-21 last Friday night at home.
Emily Finnegan and Sofia Chua each finished with seven kills, Joshlynn Lopez ended with 22 digs and Kobi Kaihara had 14 digs for the Hawks.
On the year, Lopez is averaging 2.65 digs per set and Finnegan is averaging 0.65 blocks per set.
Irvine Valley plays at home again on Friday, taking on 13th-ranked Orange Coast at 6 p.m.
