The Los Angeles Mission women's volleyball team is No. 7 in the state rankings, and the Eagles looked every bit of that Wednesday night.

L.A. Mission out-hit and out-served the Hancock College side in a 3-0 sweep in this Western State Conference North Division match at Hancock's Joe White Memorial Gymnasium. Set scores were 25-17, 25-16, 25-14.

The Eagles improved to 16-1, 2-0. The Bulldogs (7-8, 0-1) dropped their conference opener.

Still, "I was really proud of how our girls played against them," said second-year Hancock coach Megan Phillips.

"We just need to be more consistent. (L.A. Mission) is a darn good team."

The Bulldogs had a hard time all night dealing with 6-foot-4 L.A. Mission middle blocker Amya Cheatham-January. Cheatham-January racked up a match high 16 kills and had j

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