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Goldwater Cactus

Bulldogs

Cobras

The Cactus (Glendale, AZ) varsity volleyball team lost Thursday's home non-conference match against Goldwater (Phoenix, AZ) by a score of 3-1.

	S1	S2	S3	S4	Wins
Goldwater	26	19	25	25	3
Cactus	24	25	15	14	1

Final score provided by J. Henige.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Cactus (24-25)

Goldwater

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	4	60	15.0	37.5	160	29	.194
1	Riley Shoemaker (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
2	S. Vakameilalo (Sr)	4	13	3.3	31.0	42	6	.167
3	David Martinez (Jr)	4	12	3.0	60.0	20	3	.450
6	Z. Mieszkowski (Sr)	4	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
7	Brandan Tran (Sr)	4	0	0.0	.0	5	0	.000
10	Will Pai (Jr)	3	1	0.3	7.7	13	5	-.308
11	J. Sotelo Valdez (Sr)	4	21	5.3	42.9	49	8	.265
12	Peyton Saban (Sr)	4	4	1.0	26.7	15	2	.133
13	Derek Campos (Sr)	4	9	2.3	60.0	15	5	.267
15	D. Blockinger (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0

Cactus

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	4	28	7.0		98	6
1	Dillon Hommel (Sr)	4	3	0.8	42.9	7
3	T. Vander linden (Jr)	4	5	1.3	35.7	14	3	.143
4	JJ Sweeney (Sr)	4	1	0.3	8.3	12	2	-.083
6	vinnie vitale (So)	4	1	0.3	100.0	1
8	Tommy Land (Sr)	3			.0	5
9	Connor Carnahan (So)	1
10	Adzel Morales (Jr)	4	4	1.0	16.0	25
12	Jaden Brunzie (Sr)	4	7	1.8	38.9	18	1	.333
14	Aden Thiesse (Jr)	4	7	1.8	46.7	15
15	Carvando Mayas (Fr)	4			.0	1

Goldwater

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	4	13	3.3	14.0	93	13	86.0	45
1	Riley Shoemaker (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	11	2	81.8	5
2	S. Vakameilalo (Sr)	4	2	0.5	11.8	17	3	82.4	9
3	David Martinez (Jr)	4	3	0.8	25.0	12	1	91.7	7
6	Z. Mieszkowski (Sr)	4	0	0.0	.0	8	1	87.5	2
7	Brandan Tran (Sr)	4	1	0.3	6.3	16	2	87.5	7
10	Will Pai (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	4	0	100.0	2
11	J. Sotelo Valdez (Sr)	4	7	1.8	35.0	20	3	85.0	11
12	Peyton Saban (Sr)	4	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
13	Derek Campos (Sr)	4	0	0.0	.0	1	1	.0	0
15	D. Blockinger (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	4	0	100.0	2

Cactus

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %
	Team Totals	4	3	0.8		80	4	95.0
1	Dillon Hommel (Sr)	4			.0	10	1	90.0
3	T. Vander linden (Jr)	4			.0	2	1	50.0
4	JJ Sweeney (Sr)	4			.0	15	1	93.3
6	vinnie vitale (So)	4	2	0.5	16.7	12
8	Tommy Land (Sr)	3
9	Connor Carnahan (So)	1
10	Adzel Morales (Jr)	4			.0	13
12	Jaden Brunzie (Sr)	4
14	Aden Thiesse (Jr)	4			.0	12
15	Carvando Mayas (Fr)	4	1	0.3	6.3	16	1	93.8

Goldwater

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	4	5	4	7	1.8	1
1	Riley Shoemaker (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	S. Vakameilalo (Sr)	4	1	0	1	0.3	0
3	David Martinez (Jr)	4	1	1	2	0.5	0
6	Z. Mieszkowski (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Brandan Tran (Sr)	4	0	1	1	0.3	0
10	Will Pai (Jr)	3	1	0	1	0.3	0
11	J. Sotelo Valdez (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Peyton Saban (Sr)	4	1	0	1	0.3	1
13	Derek Campos (Sr)	4	1	2	3	0.8	0
15	D. Blockinger (Sr)	1	0	0	0	0.0	0

Cactus

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	4	2	10	7	1.8
1	Dillon Hommel (Sr)	4		2	2	0.5
3	T. Vander linden (Jr)	4		1	1	0.3
4	JJ Sweeney (Sr)	4		1	1	0.3
6	vinnie vitale (So)	4
8	Tommy Land (Sr)	3	1	3	4	1.3
9	Connor Carnahan (So)	1
10	Adzel Morales (Jr)	4
12	Jaden Brunzie (Sr)	4		1	1	0.3
14	Aden Thiesse (Jr)	4	1	2	3	0.8
15	Carvando Mayas (Fr)	4

Goldwater

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	4	88	11	22.0
1	Riley Shoemaker (Sr)	3	9	0	3.0
2	S. Vakameilalo (Sr)	4	18	1	4.5
3	David Martinez (Jr)	4	16	2	4.0
6	Z. Mieszkowski (Sr)	4	8	0	2.0
7	Brandan Tran (Sr)	4	8	2	2.0
10	Will Pai (Jr)	3	2	0	0.7
11	J. Sotelo Valdez (Sr)	4	21	4	5.3
12	Peyton Saban (Sr)	4	2	2	0.5
13	Derek Campos (Sr)	4	1	0	0.3
15	D. Blockinger (Sr)	1	3	0	3.0

Cactus

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	4	67	16.8
1	Dillon Hommel (Sr)	4	4	1.0
3	T. Vander linden (Jr)	4	1	0.3
4	JJ Sweeney (Sr)	4	13	3.3
6	vinnie vitale (So)	4	23	5.8
8	Tommy Land (Sr)	3	1	0.3
9	Connor Carnahan (So)	1
10	Adzel Morales (Jr)	4	10	2.5
12	Jaden Brunzie (Sr)	4	2	0.5
14	Aden Thiesse (Jr)	4	7	1.8
15	Carvando Mayas (Fr)	4	6	1.5

Goldwater

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	4	57	14.3	152	4
1	Riley Shoemaker (Sr)	3	0	0.0	1	0
2	S. Vakameilalo (Sr)	4	0	0.0	5	0
3	David Martinez (Jr)	4	0	0.0	2	0
6	Z. Mieszkowski (Sr)	4	1	0.3	5	0
7	Brandan Tran (Sr)	4	56	14.0	130	1
10	Will Pai (Jr)	3	0	0.0	1	1
11	J. Sotelo Valdez (Sr)	4	0	0.0	5	1
12	Peyton Saban (Sr)	4	0	0.0	0	0
13	Derek Campos (Sr)	4	0	0.0	0	0
15	D. Blockinger (Sr)	1	0	0.0	3	1

Cactus

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	4	21	5.3	89	2
1	Dillon Hommel (Sr)	4	21	5.3	84	1
3	T. Vander linden (Jr)	4
4	JJ Sweeney (Sr)	4
6	vinnie vitale (So)	4			3	1
8	Tommy Land (Sr)	3
9	Connor Carnahan (So)	1
10	Adzel Morales (Jr)	4
12	Jaden Brunzie (Sr)	4
14	Aden Thiesse (Jr)	4			1
15	Carvando Mayas (Fr)	4			1

Goldwater

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	4	70	5	17.5
1	Riley Shoemaker (Sr)	3	7	1	2.3
2	S. Vakameilalo (Sr)	4	10	1	2.5
3	David Martinez (Jr)	4	18	2	4.5
6	Z. Mieszkowski (Sr)	4	13	0	3.3
7	Brandan Tran (Sr)	4	0	0	0.0
10	Will Pai (Jr)	3	1	0	0.3
11	J. Sotelo Valdez (Sr)	4	18	0	4.5
12	Peyton Saban (Sr)	4	0	0	0.0
13	Derek Campos (Sr)	4	0	0	0.0
15	D. Blockinger (Sr)	1	3	1	3.0

Cactus

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	R/S
	Team Totals	4	76	19.0
1	Dillon Hommel (Sr)	4
3	T. Vander linden (Jr)	4	11	2.8
4	JJ Sweeney (Sr)	4	17	4.3
6	vinnie vitale (So)	4	25	6.3
8	Tommy Land (Sr)	3
9	Connor Carnahan (So)	1
10	Adzel Morales (Jr)	4	8	2.0
12	Jaden Brunzie (Sr)	4	2	0.5
14	Aden Thiesse (Jr)	4
15	Carvando Mayas (Fr)	4	13	3.3

Match Story

Arizona High School Volleyball - Goldwater over Cactus

April 24, 2025: Glendale, AZ 85306

The Goldwater Bulldogs volleyball team scored 3 points and restricted the host Cactus Cobras to 1 in the Bulldogs non-league triumph on Thursday.

The Bulldogs now have a 15-5 record. They play next when they host Deer Valley for a non-league contest on Tuesday, April 29. Goldwater will meet a Skyhawks team coming off a 3-1 non-league win over ALA - Gilbert North (Gilbert, AZ). The Skyhawks record now stands at 23-8.

Next, the Cobras meet the Deer Valley Skyhawks (Glendale, AZ) in a 4A West Valley contest, on Monday, April 28. Cactus will attempt to move on its 9-17 season record. The Skyhawks enter the contest with a 23-8 record after their 3-1 non-league win over ALA - Gilbert North (Gilbert, AZ).

Goldwater @ Cactus Volleyball Match Info

Thu., Apr. 24, 2025 @ 6p

Cactus High School

The Cactus (Glendale, AZ) varsity volleyball team lost Thursday's home non-conference match against Goldwater (Phoenix, AZ) by a score of 3-1.

Rankings & Records

Goldwater (24-25)

National	AZ	Div.
1,171	53	9

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	SW	SL
18-7	7-1	6-3	9-2	3-2	.720	.875	54	32

Cactus (24-25)

National	AZ	Div.
2,362	100	20

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	SW	SL
10-22	1-7	2-5	2-8	6-9	.312	.125	36	64

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Goldwater	22.7	22.2	22.2	24.2	15.0	2.2
Cactus	21.6	19.0	18.6	20.3	10.0	1.1

Team Stat Comparison

Goldwater		Cactus
1024	Kills	683
97	Total Blocks	190
216	Serving Aces	158
1410	Digs	1405
932	Assists	565
1288	Receptions	1514

Team Leaders

Goldwater		Cactus	National Avg.
#11 Joseph Sotelo Valdez339	Kills	#14 Aden Thiesse207	46
#12 Peyton Saban32	Total Blocks	#14 Aden Thiesse90	12
#11 Joseph Sotelo Valdez65	Serving Aces	#6 vinnie vitale28	10
#11 Joseph Sotelo Valdez306	Digs	#6 vinnie vitale531	57
#7 Brandan Tran854	Assists	#1 Dillon Hommel489	44
#11 Joseph Sotelo Valdez376	Receptions	#6 vinnie vitale584	73

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Goldwater	9-2		Cactus	3-10

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/4/25	Goldwater	Peoria	(W) 3-1	4/3/25	Cactus	Peoria	(L) 3-1
				4/22/25	Peoria	Cactus	(W) 3-2
3/6/25	Prescott	Goldwater	(L) 3-0	3/11/25	Cactus	Prescott	(L) 3-0
3/29/25	Odyssey Institute	Goldwater	(W) 2-0	4/11/25	Cactus	Odyssey Institute	(W) 2-1
3/29/25	Estrella Foothills	Goldwater	(W) 2-0	4/8/25	Cactus	Estrella Foothills	(L) 3-2
				4/11/25	Cactus	Estrella Foothills	(L) 2-1
				5/1/25	Estrella Foothills	Cactus	(L) 3-0
4/1/25	Goldwater	Greenway	(W) 3-2	4/15/25	Greenway	Cactus	(L) 3-1
4/17/25	Greenway	Goldwater	(W) 3-2	5/6/25	Cactus	Greenway	(L) 3-2
4/8/25	Thunderbird	Goldwater	(W) 3-1	4/29/25	Cactus	Thunderbird	(L) 3-0
4/16/25	Goldwater	Thunderbird	(W) 3-1
4/15/25	Moon Valley	Goldwater	(W) 3-0	3/4/25	Cactus	Moon Valley	(W) 3-1
5/1/25	Goldwater	Moon Valley	(W) 3-0
4/29/25	Deer Valley	Goldwater	(L) 3-0	3/25/25	Deer Valley	Cactus	(L) 3-0
				4/28/25	Cactus	Deer Valley	(L) 3-0

Record Breakdown

Goldwater (24-25)		Cactus (24-25)
18-7	Overall	10-22
7-1	League	1-7
8-4	Non-League	3-5
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
9-2	Common Opponent	3-10
6-3	Home	2-5
9-2	Away	2-8
3-2	Neutral	6-9
0-0	Playoff	0-1
18-7	In-State	10-22
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0