California High School Volleyball - Santa Cruz tips Notre Dame
August 31, 2024: Santa Cruz, CA 95060 The Santa Cruz Cardinals volleyball team scored 3 points and restricted the visiting Notre Dame Regents to 2 in the Cardinals non-league triumph on Saturday.
The Cardinals now possess a 1-1 record. They play next when they host Salinas for a non-league outing on Tuesday, September 3. Santa Cruz will clash with a Cowboys team coming off a 2-0 non-league loss to Westmont (Campbell, CA). The Cowboys record now stands at 1-1.
With the loss, Notre Dame drops to 2-1 on the campaign. The Regents travel to Terra Nova (Pacifica, CA) to clash with the Tigers in a non-league outing on Tuesday, September 3. The Tigers come into the outing with a record of 1-0. Terra Nova won 3-1 in their recent non-league outing against Aptos (Aptos, CA)
Match Summary
In a rematch from last years 5 set CCS nail-biter, Santa Cruz came out on top in the sequel, which was unfortunately marred by injury. After a coin-toss opening set won by the Regents, in the second, Notre Dame was leading 20-17 when senior OH Dylan Crooks went down with an ankle injury. Crooks had already racked up 11 kills at the time. NDSJ closed out the set to take a 2-0 lead, but Crooks' presence was missed the rest of the way. Despite 28 kills from NDSJ's Quinlan Jones, the Cardinals completed a reverse sweep to repeat their 5 set win in 2023. Junior OH Natalie Monroe lead the Santa Cruz attack and scrappy defense propelled the Cardinals to victory down the stretch.
