Mira Costa Stops Loyola in Four

By Mike Bresnahan

March 2, 2002 12 AM PT

Pat Nihipali had 25 kills and 13 blocks for Manhattan Beach Mira Costa in a 15-12, 11-15, 15-10, 15-9 victory over host Los Angeles Loyola in a boys’ volleyball nonleague season opener Friday night.

Chris Ahlfeldt added 10 kills for Mira Costa, ranked No. 1 in the Southland by The Times. The Mustangs jumped to a 9-0 lead in the fourth game to help put the match away.

Derek Otte had 21 kills for Loyola, ranked No. 2 by The Times.

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

Mira Costa Stops Loyola in Four

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