The Oxnard College women’s volleyball team had its remarkable run into the season come to an abrupt halt, losing for the first time this season against Santa Monica College in four sets (23-25, 22-25, 25-22, 21-25).

The Condors were 4-0 coming into the game, off to their best start in program history.

In the second set, the Condors started off well as they made a comeback to take the lead midway into the set. The setters did a good job passing to the outside hitters but they struggled to get kills on the Corsairs, and dropped the second set.

In the third set, Oxnard started off strong as they jumped out to a 5-1 lead. The Condors were in sync as everyone started contributing points for the team.

Freshman Sina Tuitama helped score points by using her defensive skills to block shots from the Corsair attackers. Freshmen Andy Perez and Grace Edrada contributed added kills to spark the Condors offensive attack.

The Condors won the set on a blocked kill by the Corsair offense.

However, in the fourth set, the Corsairs’ hitters were too much for the Condors, as they dropped the fourth set and the match to a great Corsairs team.

Condors head coach David Fischer believed his team was inconsistent, often switching from playing well to playing poorly. He feels that extra practices and improvements on the defensive end still need to be made.

“A little too often we would follow a fantastic play with a careless error,” he said.

“[We will] stick with the extra Saturday practices and [continue] drilling the defense.”

The Condors hope to bounce back from their loss when they travel to West L.A. College Tuesday, Sept. 29.