FOUNTAIN VALEY — Teams often use practices to make adjustments from the previous game and to prepare for the next game.

The Los Alamitos volleyball team did neither going into its Sunset League match against Fountain Valley on Thursday at Fountain Valley High School.

After playing a league match Wednesday, the Griffins were right back on the court and swept the Barons, 25-15, 25-21, 25-20.

The match was moved up from Friday because of a scheduling conflict.

The Griffins (13-5, 1-1) evened their league record after being defeated by Huntington Beach in three sets Wednesday.

Huntington Beach is ranked No. 2 in Orange County behind Newport Harbor.

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The Barons (13-2, 1-1) had swept seven teams in a row coming in. That included a sweep of Marina in its first league match last week.

“Huntington Beach beat us in three but we got some really positive points out of that match,” Los Alamitos coach Tony Panzica said. “We weren’t expecting to win that match, but I think we succeeded on what we wanted to do against Huntington Beach, which brought us to tonight. I think Fountain Valley has some really good athletes out there.”

Sophomore hitter Ben Panzica and junior middle blocker Luke Charlton led the Griffins with 12 and 10 kills, respectively.

Los Alamitos boys volleyball players Ben Panzica, left, and Luke Charlton had 12 and 10 kills, respectively, in a sweep of Fountain Valley in a Sunset League match Thursday, March 13. (Photo by Lou Ponsi)

Charlie Panzica, Ben’s twin brother, had 11 digs and Dylan Lowenberg served four aces for the Griffins.

A pair of blocks from Charlton followed by a kill from Ben Panzica and then another kill from Charlton gave the Griffins an 11-4 lead in the first set.

Lowenberg served three consecutive aces later in the set to build the lead to 18-7.

Ben Panzica scored on a kill for the final point of the first set.

Fountain Valley put up more of a fight in the next two sets.

Christopher Pham Bryon Nguyen scored on back-to-back kills to get the Barons to within two at 20-18.

But the Barons couldn’t get any closer down the stretch of the set and served long to give the Griffins the winning point in the set.

The Griffins led 23-18 in the third set when Peter Pham and Christopher Pham got the Barons to within three on consecutive kills.

But the comeback attempt ended right there, when the Griffins scored the final two points to win the set and the match.

“We were planning on practicing,” Ben Panzica said. “We were a little tired but you got to do what you got to do to win.”

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