Irvine Valley's women's volleyball team won its third straight match, beating Santa Ana in four sets on Wednesday night at home.
The Lasers came out on top, 25-17, 25-19, 19-25, 25-18 in the Orange Empire Conference contest.
"We played solid again," IVC coach Nate Ngo said. "The 6-2 (rotation) is really working for us. If we could have minimized a few errors, we could have won in three. But I am happy with the way things are headed."
Irvine Valley improved its record to 7-4 overall and 5-3 in conference. The Lasers are just a half match out of third place in the conference standings.
Freshman outside hitter Taira Ka'awaloa led IVC on Wednesday.
She finished with 18.0 points - the highest total for an IVC player in a match this season.
Ka'awaloa had 18 kills with just two errors in 36 attempts for a .444 hitting percentage. She also had eight digs.
Sophomore outside hitter Lucee Fitzgerald added 10 kills and 11 digs, freshman outside hitter Diamonique Brogan had a strong match with seven kills and a team-high three blocks and sophomore libero Taylor Askins ended with nine digs.
Sophomore setter Alissa Blevins finished with 15 assists and 11 digs and freshman setter Savanah Schroeder had 22 assists and 10 digs for the Lasers.
Irvine Valley has a bye on Friday and plays again next Wednesday at Orange Coast at 6 p.m. to open the second round of the conference schedule.
