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Sierra Pacific Independence

Golden Bears

Falcons

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

	S1	S2	Wins
Sierra Pacific	19	26	0
Independence	25	28	2

Final score provided by K. Lee-McNeill.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Match Stats

Sierra Pacific (23-24)

Sierra Pacific has not entered stats for this match.

Independence (23-24)

Independence

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	34	17.0	37.0	92	10	.261
1	Anabel Naranjo (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
3	Lauryn Sheppard (Jr)	2
4	Meah Martinez (Sr)	2
6	Julianna Merlo (Jr)	2	3	1.5	37.5	8	1	.250
8	Aniya Johnson (So)	2	6	3.0	50.0	12	2	.333
9	P. Ruvalcaba (Sr)	2	3	1.5	25.0	12	1	.167
10	Jenelle Esparza (Sr)	2
11	Kaylynn Bolden (Sr)	2	13	6.5	38.2	34	2	.324
12	Aralyn Merlo (Jr)	2	5	2.5	35.7	14	4	.071
14	Valeria Leon (Sr)	2	4	2.0	36.4	11	0	.364

Independence

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	2	3	1.5	6.1	49	10	79.6	33
1	Anabel Naranjo (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	5	2	60.0	2
3	Lauryn Sheppard (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	13	2	84.6	10
4	Meah Martinez (Sr)	2	3	1.5	21.4	14	2	85.7	11
6	Julianna Merlo (Jr)	2
8	Aniya Johnson (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	5	2	60.0	2
9	P. Ruvalcaba (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	7	1	85.7	5
10	Jenelle Esparza (Sr)	2
11	Kaylynn Bolden (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	5	1	80.0	3
12	Aralyn Merlo (Jr)	2
14	Valeria Leon (Sr)	2

Independence

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	2	3	3	1.5
1	Anabel Naranjo (Jr)	2
3	Lauryn Sheppard (Jr)	2
4	Meah Martinez (Sr)	2
6	Julianna Merlo (Jr)	2	1	1	0.5
8	Aniya Johnson (So)	2
9	P. Ruvalcaba (Sr)	2
10	Jenelle Esparza (Sr)	2
11	Kaylynn Bolden (Sr)	2
12	Aralyn Merlo (Jr)	2
14	Valeria Leon (Sr)	2	2	2	1.0

Independence

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	2	67	33.5
1	Anabel Naranjo (Jr)	2	14	7.0
3	Lauryn Sheppard (Jr)	2	8	4.0
4	Meah Martinez (Sr)	2	15	7.5
6	Julianna Merlo (Jr)	2	1	0.5
8	Aniya Johnson (So)	2	2	1.0
9	P. Ruvalcaba (Sr)	2	11	5.5
10	Jenelle Esparza (Sr)	2
11	Kaylynn Bolden (Sr)	2	12	6.0
12	Aralyn Merlo (Jr)	2
14	Valeria Leon (Sr)	2	4	2.0

Independence

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	2	29	14.5	68	0
1	Anabel Naranjo (Jr)	2	4	2.0	8	0
3	Lauryn Sheppard (Jr)	2	1	0.5	1	0
4	Meah Martinez (Sr)	2	1	0.5	1	0
6	Julianna Merlo (Jr)	2
8	Aniya Johnson (So)	2
9	P. Ruvalcaba (Sr)	2	22	11.0	57	0
10	Jenelle Esparza (Sr)	2	1	0.5	1	0
11	Kaylynn Bolden (Sr)	2
12	Aralyn Merlo (Jr)	2
14	Valeria Leon (Sr)	2

Independence

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	2	43	3	21.5
1	Anabel Naranjo (Jr)	2	11	0	5.5
3	Lauryn Sheppard (Jr)	2	7	1	3.5
4	Meah Martinez (Sr)	2	8	1	4.0
6	Julianna Merlo (Jr)	2
8	Aniya Johnson (So)	2
9	P. Ruvalcaba (Sr)	2
10	Jenelle Esparza (Sr)	2
11	Kaylynn Bolden (Sr)	2	17	1	8.5
12	Aralyn Merlo (Jr)	2
14	Valeria Leon (Sr)	2

Match Story

California High School Volleyball - Independence over Sierra Pacific

September 22, 2023: Hanford, CA 93230

In Friday's non-league contest, the Independence Falcons (Bakersfield, CA) volleyball squad were winner over the host Sierra Pacific Golden Bears (Hanford, CA), by a margin of 2-0.

Next up, the Falcons face the Golden West Trailblazers (Visalia, CA) in a non-league contest, on Friday, September 22. Independence will attempt to better on its 19-4 season record. The Trailblazers go into the contest with a 4-10 record after their 3-1 league win over Mt. Whitney (Visalia, CA).

With the loss, Sierra Pacific moves to 2-10 on the year. The Golden bears travel to Hanford (Hanford, CA) to face the Bullpups in a non-league contest on Friday, September 22. The Bullpups go into the contest with a record of 12-1. Hanford won 3-0 in their recent league contest against Tulare Union (Tulare, CA)

Rankings & Records

Sierra Pacific (23-24)

CA	Section
875	81

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	SW	SL
4-21	0-10	1-10	1-6	2-5	.160	.000	14	61

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
Sierra Pacific	17.3	15.7	15.0	7.0	-	.6
Independence	22.2	22.8	21.2	21.1	15.0	1.8

Team Stat Comparison

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

Team Leaders

Sierra Pacific		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.
Sierra Pacific	1-7		Independence	2-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/18/23	Hanford	Sierra Pacific	(L) 3-0	9/22/23	Independence	Hanford	(L) 2-0
9/22/23	Sierra Pacific	Hanford	(L) 2-0
9/23/23	Sierra Pacific	Golden West	(L) 2-0	9/22/23	Independence	Golden West	(W) 2-0
9/23/23	Lindsay	Sierra Pacific	(W) 2-0	9/22/23	Lindsay	Independence	(W) 2-0
9/28/23	Sierra Pacific	Central Valley Christian	(L) 3-0	9/23/23	Independence	Central Valley Christian	(L) 2-0
10/16/23	Central Valley Christian	Sierra Pacific	(L) 3-0
10/2/23	Kingsburg	Sierra Pacific	(L) 3-0	9/23/23	Kingsburg	Independence	(L) 2-0
10/18/23	Sierra Pacific	Kingsburg	(L) 3-0

Record Breakdown

Sierra Pacific (23-24)		Independence (23-24)
4-21	Overall	25-11-1
0-10	League	6-2
2-6	Non-League	9-4-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-7	Common Opponent	2-3
1-10	Home	6-3
1-6	Away	9-3-1
2-5	Neutral	10-5
0-0	Playoff	1-1
4-21	In-State	25-11-1
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0