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Taft Independence

Wildcats

Falcons

The Independence (Bakersfield, CA) varsity volleyball team won Saturday's neutral tournament match against Taft (CA) by a score of 2-0.

	S1	S2	Wins
Taft	14	21	0
Independence	25	25	2

Final score provided by K. Lee-McNeill.

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Box Score
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Match Stats

Independence (23-24)

Taft

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	10	5.0	15.6	64	13	-.047
2	Autumn Farkas (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
3	Jaycee Edgar (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
4	Jada Mizener (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	2	0	.000
6	Katelynn Moore (Sr)	2	2	1.0	10.5	19	4	-.105
13	L. Gregory (Sr)	2	3	1.5	50.0	6	0	.500
14	Cadence Mizener (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	8	1	-.125
15	Keira Pulido (Sr)	2	3	1.5	23.1	13	3	.000
16	Shelby Gregory (Jr)	2	2	1.0	18.2	11	3	-.091
22	Taira Leota (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	5	2	-.400

Independence

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	23	11.5	32.4	71	6	.239
1	Anabel Naranjo (Jr)	2
4	Meah Martinez (Sr)	2
6	Julianna Merlo (Jr)	2	1	0.5	20.0	5	0	.200
7	Jenna Miller (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	2	0	.000
8	Aniya Johnson (So)	2	7	3.5	77.8	9	1	.667
9	P. Ruvalcaba (Sr)	2	3	1.5	25.0	12	0	.250
10	Jenelle Esparza (Sr)	1
11	Kaylynn Bolden (Sr)	2	4	2.0	22.2	18	3	.056
12	Aralyn Merlo (Jr)	2	3	1.5	20.0	15	2	.067
14	Valeria Leon (Sr)	2	5	2.5	50.0	10	0	.500

Taft

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	2	5	2.5	13.9	36	3	91.7	28
2	Autumn Farkas (Sr)	2	2	1.0	28.6	7	0	100.0	6
3	Jaycee Edgar (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	6	0	100.0	4
4	Jada Mizener (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	3	0	100.0	3
6	Katelynn Moore (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	4	1	75.0	2
13	L. Gregory (Sr)	2	1	0.5	16.7	6	0	100.0	5
14	Cadence Mizener (Sr)	2	2	1.0	20.0	10	2	80.0	8
15	Keira Pulido (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
16	Shelby Gregory (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
22	Taira Leota (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

Independence

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	2	5	2.5	11.6	43	11	74.4	28
1	Anabel Naranjo (Jr)	2	1	0.5	9.1	11	2	81.8	8
4	Meah Martinez (Sr)	2
6	Julianna Merlo (Jr)	2	1	0.5	10.0	10	2	80.0	7
7	Jenna Miller (So)	1
8	Aniya Johnson (So)	2
9	P. Ruvalcaba (Sr)	2	2	1.0	20.0	10	1	90.0	8
10	Jenelle Esparza (Sr)	1
11	Kaylynn Bolden (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	5	2	60.0	3
12	Aralyn Merlo (Jr)	2	1	0.5	14.3	7	4	42.9	2
14	Valeria Leon (Sr)	2

Taft

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	2	1	1	0.5	2
2	Autumn Farkas (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0	0
3	Jaycee Edgar (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0	0
4	Jada Mizener (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0	0
6	Katelynn Moore (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0	0
13	L. Gregory (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0	0
14	Cadence Mizener (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0	1
15	Keira Pulido (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0	0
16	Shelby Gregory (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0	0
22	Taira Leota (Jr)	1	1	1	1.0	1

Independence

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	2	9	9	4.5
1	Anabel Naranjo (Jr)	2
4	Meah Martinez (Sr)	2
6	Julianna Merlo (Jr)	2	1	1	0.5
7	Jenna Miller (So)	1
8	Aniya Johnson (So)	2	1	1	0.5
9	P. Ruvalcaba (Sr)	2	1	1	0.5
10	Jenelle Esparza (Sr)	1
11	Kaylynn Bolden (Sr)	2	1	1	0.5
12	Aralyn Merlo (Jr)	2
14	Valeria Leon (Sr)	2	5	5	2.5

Taft

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	2	51	19	25.5
2	Autumn Farkas (Sr)	2	4	6	2.0
3	Jaycee Edgar (Jr)	2	7	2	3.5
4	Jada Mizener (Sr)	2	18	3	9.0
6	Katelynn Moore (Sr)	2	11	6	5.5
13	L. Gregory (Sr)	2	3	1	1.5
14	Cadence Mizener (Sr)	2	5	1	2.5
15	Keira Pulido (Sr)	2	2	0	1.0
16	Shelby Gregory (Jr)	2	1	0	0.5
22	Taira Leota (Jr)	1	0	0	0.0

Independence

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	2	52	26.0
1	Anabel Naranjo (Jr)	2	17	8.5
4	Meah Martinez (Sr)	2	8	4.0
6	Julianna Merlo (Jr)	2	8	4.0
7	Jenna Miller (So)	1	1	1.0
8	Aniya Johnson (So)	2
9	P. Ruvalcaba (Sr)	2	5	2.5
10	Jenelle Esparza (Sr)	1	1	1.0
11	Kaylynn Bolden (Sr)	2	8	4.0
12	Aralyn Merlo (Jr)	2	2	1.0
14	Valeria Leon (Sr)	2	2	1.0

Taft

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	2	9	4.5	57
2	Autumn Farkas (Sr)	2	4	2.0	31
3	Jaycee Edgar (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0
4	Jada Mizener (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0
6	Katelynn Moore (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0
13	L. Gregory (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0
14	Cadence Mizener (Sr)	2	5	2.5	26
15	Keira Pulido (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0
16	Shelby Gregory (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0
22	Taira Leota (Jr)	1	0	0.0	0

Independence

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	2	15	7.5	28	0
1	Anabel Naranjo (Jr)	2
4	Meah Martinez (Sr)	2
6	Julianna Merlo (Jr)	2
7	Jenna Miller (So)	1
8	Aniya Johnson (So)	2
9	P. Ruvalcaba (Sr)	2	15	7.5	25	0
10	Jenelle Esparza (Sr)	1	0	0.0	3	0
11	Kaylynn Bolden (Sr)	2
12	Aralyn Merlo (Jr)	2
14	Valeria Leon (Sr)	2

Taft

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	2	31	5	15.5
2	Autumn Farkas (Sr)	2	2	1	1.0
3	Jaycee Edgar (Jr)	2	4	1	2.0
4	Jada Mizener (Sr)	2	18	3	9.0
6	Katelynn Moore (Sr)	2	2	0	1.0
13	L. Gregory (Sr)	2	1	0	0.5
14	Cadence Mizener (Sr)	2	4	0	2.0
15	Keira Pulido (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
16	Shelby Gregory (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
22	Taira Leota (Jr)	1	0	0	0.0

Independence

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	2	33	4	16.5
1	Anabel Naranjo (Jr)	2	16	2	8.0
4	Meah Martinez (Sr)	2	4	1	2.0
6	Julianna Merlo (Jr)	2	4	0	2.0
7	Jenna Miller (So)	1
8	Aniya Johnson (So)	2
9	P. Ruvalcaba (Sr)	2
10	Jenelle Esparza (Sr)	1
11	Kaylynn Bolden (Sr)	2	8	1	4.0
12	Aralyn Merlo (Jr)	2	1	0	0.5
14	Valeria Leon (Sr)	2

Taft's stats are presented by iStatVball 3iStatVball 3

Match Story

California High School Volleyball - Taft Independence

August 26, 2023: Taft, CA 93268

The Independence Falcons volleyball team scored 2 points and limited the host Taft Wildcats to 0 in the Falcons non-league victory on Saturday.

The Falcons now have a 6-1 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Garces Memorial for a non-league game on Saturday, August 26. Independence will confront a Rams team coming off a 2-0 non-league win over North (Bakersfield, CA). The Rams record now stands at 5-1.

The Wildcats (3-2) will now prepare for their game against West (Bakersfield, CA). The Vikings enter the non-league game with a 0-1 record. In their last game, West dropped by Arvin (Arvin, CA), 2-0, in a non-league game.

Rankings & Records

Taft (23-24)

CA	Section
382	31

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	SW	SL
27-8	10-2	11-1	7-3	9-4	.771	.833	75	28

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
Taft	24.1	23.2	22.6	22.2	13.7	2.1
Independence	22.2	22.8	21.2	21.1	15.0	1.8

Team Stat Comparison

Taft		Independence
948	Kills	964
45	Total Blocks	242
323	Serving Aces	306
1970	Digs	2293
810	Assists	775
1347	Receptions	1668

Team Leaders

Taft		Independence	National Avg.
#6 Katelynn Moore228	Kills	#11 Kaylynn Bolden302	53
#15 Keira Pulido10	Total Blocks	#8 Aniya Johnson84	12
#14 Cadence Mizener62	Serving Aces	#1 Anabel Naranjo79	16
#4 Jada Mizener358	Digs	#1 Anabel Naranjo582	85
#1 Cambria Parker726	Assists	#9 Priscilla Ruvalcaba 686	50
#14 Cadence Mizener464	Receptions	#11 Kaylynn Bolden548	88

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Taft	12-4		Independence	13-3-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/23/23	Highland	Taft	(W) 3-1	9/9/23	Highland	Independence	(W) 2-0
				9/19/23	Highland	Independence	(W) 3-1
				10/5/23	Independence	Highland	(W) 3-1
8/24/23	Arvin	Taft	(W) 3-0	9/5/23	Arvin	Independence	(L) 3-0
8/25/23	North	Taft	(W) 2-0	9/7/23	Independence	North	(W) 3-0
8/30/23	Taft	North	(W) 3-0
9/8/23	North	Taft	(W) 2-0
8/25/23	Garces Memorial	Taft	(L) 2-0	8/26/23	Independence	Garces Memorial	(L) 2-0
9/9/23	Taft	Garces Memorial	(L) 2-1	9/8/23	Independence	Garces Memorial	(L) 2-0
8/25/23	Ridgeview	Taft	(W) 2-0	9/26/23	Independence	Ridgeview	(W) 3-1
				10/12/23	Ridgeview	Independence	(W) 3-0
9/5/23	Kennedy	Taft	(W) 3-0	8/25/23	Independence	Kennedy	(W) 2-0
9/28/23	Taft	Kennedy	(L) 3-1	8/29/23	Independence	Kennedy	(W) 3-0
9/8/23	Bakersfield	Taft	(W) 2-0	9/21/23	Bakersfield	Independence	(W) 3-0
				10/10/23	Independence	Bakersfield	(W) 3-1
9/19/23	Chavez	Taft	(W) 3-1	8/25/23	Independence	Chavez	(T) 1-1
10/12/23	Taft	Chavez	(W) 3-1
9/21/23	Wasco	Taft	(W) 3-0	8/26/23	Wasco	Independence	(W) 2-1
10/17/23	Taft	Wasco	(L) 3-2	9/8/23	Independence	Wasco	(W) 2-0
10/24/23	Righetti	Taft	(W) 3-1	9/9/23	Righetti	Independence	(W) 2-0

Record Breakdown

Taft (23-24)		Independence (23-24)
27-8	Overall	25-11-1
10-2	League	6-2
4-0	Non-League	9-4-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
12-4	Common Opponent	13-3-1
11-1	Home	6-3
7-3	Away	9-3-1
9-4	Neutral	10-5
1-1	Playoff	1-1
27-8	In-State	25-11-1
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0