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South Independence

Spartans S

Falcons

The Independence (Bakersfield, CA) varsity volleyball team won Tuesday's home non-conference match against South (Bakersfield, CA) by a score of 3-0.

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
South	14	20	7	0
Independence	25	25	25	3

Final score provided by K. Lee-McNeill.

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Match Stats

South (23-24)

South has not entered stats for this match.

Independence (23-24)

Independence

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	21	7.0	36.2	58	14	.121
1	Anabel Naranjo (Jr)	3
2	K. Rodriguez (Jr)	1
3	Lauryn Sheppard (Jr)	1
4	Meah Martinez (Sr)	3
6	Julianna Merlo (Jr)	3	3	1.0	30.0	10	1	.200
7	Jenna Miller (So)	2
8	Aniya Johnson (So)	3	4	1.3	44.4	9	2	.222
9	P. Ruvalcaba (Sr)	3	1	0.3	25.0	4	0	.250
10	Jenelle Esparza (Sr)	1
11	Kaylynn Bolden (Sr)	3	9	3.0	56.3	16	3	.375
12	Aralyn Merlo (Jr)	3	4	1.3	30.8	13	4	.000
14	Valeria Leon (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	6	4	-.667

Independence

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	23	7.7	31.9	72	15	79.2	50
1	Anabel Naranjo (Jr)	3	3	1.0	20.0	15	1	93.3	3
2	K. Rodriguez (Jr)	1
3	Lauryn Sheppard (Jr)	1
4	Meah Martinez (Sr)	3	1	0.3	33.3	3	1	66.7	3
6	Julianna Merlo (Jr)	3	1	0.3	16.7	6	4	33.3
7	Jenna Miller (So)	2
8	Aniya Johnson (So)	3	12	4.0	54.5	22	3	86.4	21
9	P. Ruvalcaba (Sr)	3	4	1.3	44.4	9	2	77.8	8
10	Jenelle Esparza (Sr)	1
11	Kaylynn Bolden (Sr)	3	2	0.7	18.2	11	2	81.8	10
12	Aralyn Merlo (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	6	2	66.7	5
14	Valeria Leon (Sr)	3

Independence

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	3	1	1	0.3
1	Anabel Naranjo (Jr)	3
2	K. Rodriguez (Jr)	1
3	Lauryn Sheppard (Jr)	1
4	Meah Martinez (Sr)	3
6	Julianna Merlo (Jr)	3
7	Jenna Miller (So)	2
8	Aniya Johnson (So)	3	1	1	0.3
9	P. Ruvalcaba (Sr)	3
10	Jenelle Esparza (Sr)	1
11	Kaylynn Bolden (Sr)	3
12	Aralyn Merlo (Jr)	3
14	Valeria Leon (Sr)	3

Independence

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	3	27	9.0
1	Anabel Naranjo (Jr)	3	12	4.0
2	K. Rodriguez (Jr)	1	1	1.0
3	Lauryn Sheppard (Jr)	1	1	1.0
4	Meah Martinez (Sr)	3	5	1.7
6	Julianna Merlo (Jr)	3	2	0.7
7	Jenna Miller (So)	2
8	Aniya Johnson (So)	3
9	P. Ruvalcaba (Sr)	3	1	0.3
10	Jenelle Esparza (Sr)	1
11	Kaylynn Bolden (Sr)	3	4	1.3
12	Aralyn Merlo (Jr)	3	1	0.3
14	Valeria Leon (Sr)	3

Independence

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	21	7.0	76	2
1	Anabel Naranjo (Jr)	3	1	0.3	4	0
2	K. Rodriguez (Jr)	1
3	Lauryn Sheppard (Jr)	1
4	Meah Martinez (Sr)	3
6	Julianna Merlo (Jr)	3
7	Jenna Miller (So)	2
8	Aniya Johnson (So)	3
9	P. Ruvalcaba (Sr)	3	20	6.7	72	2
10	Jenelle Esparza (Sr)	1
11	Kaylynn Bolden (Sr)	3
12	Aralyn Merlo (Jr)	3
14	Valeria Leon (Sr)	3

Independence

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	40	2	13.3
1	Anabel Naranjo (Jr)	3	14	0	4.7
2	K. Rodriguez (Jr)	1	3	0	3.0
3	Lauryn Sheppard (Jr)	1
4	Meah Martinez (Sr)	3	5	0	1.7
6	Julianna Merlo (Jr)	3	6	0	2.0
7	Jenna Miller (So)	2
8	Aniya Johnson (So)	3
9	P. Ruvalcaba (Sr)	3
10	Jenelle Esparza (Sr)	1
11	Kaylynn Bolden (Sr)	3	9	1	3.0
12	Aralyn Merlo (Jr)	3	3	1	1.0
14	Valeria Leon (Sr)	3

Match Story

California High School Volleyball - South crushed by Independence

August 22, 2023: Bakersfield, CA 93311

The Independence Falcons volleyball team scored 3 points and limited the visiting South Spartans to 0 in the Falcons non-league victory on Tuesday.

The Falcons now have a 1-0 record. They put it on the line next when they host Arvin for a non-league game on Tuesday, September 5.

The Spartans (0-3) will now prepare for their game against Rosamond (Rosamond, CA). The Roadrunners enter the non-league game with a 4-1 record. In their last game, Rosamond gained a win over Antelope Valley (Lancaster, CA), 3-0, in a non-league game.

Rankings & Records

South (23-24)

CA	Section
1,334	119

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	SW	SL
1-19-1	0-8	1-11	0-6	0-2-1	.071	.000	10	53

Independence (23-24)

CA	Section
426	34

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	SW	SL
25-11-1	6-2	6-3	9-3-1	10-5	.689	.750	65	37

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
South	13.3	17.2	15.5	21.0	14.0	.5
Independence	22.2	22.8	21.2	21.1	15.0	1.8

Team Stat Comparison

South		Independence
-	Kills	964
-	Total Blocks	242
-	Serving Aces	306
-	Digs	2293
-	Assists	775
-	Receptions	1668

Team Leaders

South		Independence	National Avg.
-	Kills	#11 Kaylynn Bolden302	53
-	Total Blocks	#8 Aniya Johnson84	12
-	Serving Aces	#1 Anabel Naranjo79	16
-	Digs	#1 Anabel Naranjo582	85
-	Assists	#9 Priscilla Ruvalcaba 686	50
-	Receptions	#11 Kaylynn Bolden548	88

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
South	0-9-1		Independence	10-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/17/23	Wasco	South	(L) 3-2	8/26/23	Wasco	Independence	(W) 2-1
				9/8/23	Independence	Wasco	(W) 2-0
8/25/23	Highland	South	(L) 2-0	9/9/23	Highland	Independence	(W) 2-0
				9/19/23	Highland	Independence	(W) 3-1
				10/5/23	Independence	Highland	(W) 3-1
8/25/23	South	Foothill	(T) 1-1	9/14/23	Foothill	Independence	(W) 3-0
9/12/23	Foothill	South	(L) 3-2
9/1/23	South	Golden Valley	(L) 2-0	8/25/23	Independence	Golden Valley	(W) 2-0
				9/11/23	Independence	Golden Valley	(W) 3-0
9/7/23	Arvin	South	(L) 3-1	9/5/23	Arvin	Independence	(L) 3-0
9/25/23	South	East Bakersfield	(L) 3-0	8/25/23	East Bakersfield	Independence	(W) 2-0
10/11/23	East Bakersfield	South	(L) 3-0
10/2/23	North	South	(L) 3-0	9/7/23	Independence	North	(W) 3-0
10/18/23	South	North	(L) 3-0

Record Breakdown

S South (23-24)		Independence (23-24)
1-19-1	Overall	25-11-1
0-8	League	6-2
1-6	Non-League	9-4-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-9-1	Common Opponent	10-1
1-11	Home	6-3
0-6	Away	9-3-1
0-2-1	Neutral	10-5
0-0	Playoff	1-1
1-19-1	In-State	25-11-1
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0