Houston, we have a problem

After Gorman Learning Center punked Lighthouse girls volleyball 12-25, maybe they thought they had the match in the bag. After all, the scored showed a solid domination in Valencia Thursday.

But Allie Scribner got mad.

And game 2 was a role reversal. The freshman got mad and served a string of unreturnable serves. She smashed 11 blistering bowling balls down the alley (get it? For Allie). After rotating through, another six aces and near-aces to rack up points for Lighthouse Christian Academy.

How did Lighthouse answer GLC's lopsided 12-25, a message of mercilessness and intention to humiliate?

Lighthouse responded by winning the second set 25-11.

They one-upped them by one point.

Houston, we have a problem.

Where did the dramatic turnaround come from?

There are two answers. The Saints complained the pacing of Game 1 was slow. They made sloppy mistakes and looked lethargic. They came alive in Game 2.

The second answer was the sweet-faced freshman-turned-furious-face Allie Scribner.

"I knew that we were playing slow. To get my team moving, I had to move and be excited and firey and wanting it," she says. "You have to get mad to win."

Don't make me mad. You won't like me when I'm mad.

Allie sparked the team into their best play.

Game 3 was another lopsided Lighthouse win.

In Game 4, Gorman rallied in an attempt to draw the competition out to Game 5.

But ultimately, they fell to the fury, losing 25-19.

Competitiveness runs in the blood of the Scribners. Allie is the last-born of Pastor Josh Scribner who is the principal of LCA's sister school Lighthouse Church School, for primary and middle school students. Her older older brother plays football for Santa Monica College. Her younger older brother swept the golf league last year. Grandpa Rob Scribner played for the LA Rams (the first time they were in LA).

"Scribners don't like to lose," she remarks. "It's a mindset of the family."

Also read other LCA games:
Vs. SFVA Oct. 12.Vs. Westmark School Oct. 7
Vs Summit View Sept. 29
Vs. Ojai Valley School Sept. 28.
Vs. SCVi Sept. 23.
Vs. Newbury Park Adventist Academy Sept. 9
Vs. Hillcrest Christian Sept. 15.
Vs. Gorman Learning Center Sept 16.

Michael Ashcraft teaches journalism at the Lighthouse Christian Academy in Santa Monica.