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Highland Independence

Scots

Falcons

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

	S1	S2	Wins
Highland	20	10	0
Independence	25	25	2

Final score provided by K. Lee-McNeill.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Match Stats

Highland (23-24)

Highland 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	17	8.5	23.0	74	11	.081
1	Anabel Naranjo (Jr)	2
2	K. Rodriguez (Jr)	2
3	Lauryn Sheppard (Jr)	2
6	Julianna Merlo (Jr)	2	4	2.0	66.7	6	0	.667
7	Jenna Miller (So)	2	1	0.5	33.3	3	0	.333
8	Aniya Johnson (So)	2	3	1.5	27.3	11	1	.182
9	P. Ruvalcaba (Sr)	2	2	1.0	22.2	9	2	.000
10	Jenelle Esparza (Sr)	2
11	Kaylynn Bolden (Sr)	2	4	2.0	11.8	34	5	-.029
12	Aralyn Merlo (Jr)	2	2	1.0	28.6	7	3	-.143
14	Valeria Leon (Sr)	2	1	0.5	25.0	4	0	.250

Independence

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	2	5	2.5	10.9	46	5	89.1	35
1	Anabel Naranjo (Jr)	2	2	1.0	12.5	16	1	93.8	14
2	K. Rodriguez (Jr)	2
3	Lauryn Sheppard (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	7	0	100.0	6
6	Julianna Merlo (Jr)	2	1	0.5	14.3	7	1	85.7	5
7	Jenna Miller (So)	2
8	Aniya Johnson (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	5	1	80.0	3
9	P. Ruvalcaba (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	3	1	66.7	1
10	Jenelle Esparza (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	1	.0	0
11	Kaylynn Bolden (Sr)	2	2	1.0	28.6	7	0	100.0	6
12	Aralyn Merlo (Jr)	2
14	Valeria Leon (Sr)	2

Independence

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	2	4	4	2.0
1	Anabel Naranjo (Jr)	2
2	K. Rodriguez (Jr)	2
3	Lauryn Sheppard (Jr)	2
6	Julianna Merlo (Jr)	2
7	Jenna Miller (So)	2
8	Aniya Johnson (So)	2	3	3	1.5
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	1	1	0.5

Independence

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	2	63	31.5
1	Anabel Naranjo (Jr)	2	22	11.0
2	K. Rodriguez (Jr)	2	1	0.5
3	Lauryn Sheppard (Jr)	2	10	5.0
6	Julianna Merlo (Jr)	2	4	2.0
7	Jenna Miller (So)	2
8	Aniya Johnson (So)	2	3	1.5
9	P. Ruvalcaba (Sr)	2	9	4.5
10	Jenelle Esparza (Sr)	2
11	Kaylynn Bolden (Sr)	2	12	6.0
12	Aralyn Merlo (Jr)	2	1	0.5
14	Valeria Leon (Sr)	2	1	0.5

Independence

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	2	15	7.5	40	0
1	Anabel Naranjo (Jr)	2
2	K. Rodriguez (Jr)	2
3	Lauryn Sheppard (Jr)	2
6	Julianna Merlo (Jr)	2	1	0.5	1	0
7	Jenna Miller (So)	2
8	Aniya Johnson (So)	2
9	P. Ruvalcaba (Sr)	2	14	7.0	39	0
10	Jenelle Esparza (Sr)	2
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	32	1	16.0
1	Anabel Naranjo (Jr)	2	9	0	4.5
2	K. Rodriguez (Jr)	2
3	Lauryn Sheppard (Jr)	2	5	0	2.5
6	Julianna Merlo (Jr)	2	3	0	1.5
7	Jenna Miller (So)	2
8	Aniya Johnson (So)	2	3	1	1.5
9	P. Ruvalcaba (Sr)	2
10	Jenelle Esparza (Sr)	2
11	Kaylynn Bolden (Sr)	2	11	0	5.5
12	Aralyn Merlo (Jr)	2	1		0.5
14	Valeria Leon (Sr)	2

Match Story

California High School Volleyball - Independence over Highland

September 9, 2023: Bakersfield, CA 93306

The Independence Falcons (Bakersfield, CA) volleyball overcame the host Highland Scots (Bakersfield, CA), 2-0 in Saturday's non-league outing.

With the win, Independence upgrades its record to 12-3 on the year. The Falcons travel to Righetti (Santa Maria, CA) to face the Warriors in a non-league outing on Saturday, September 9. The Warriors go into the outing with a record of 8-3. Righetti won 2-1 in their recent non-league outing against Kennedy (Delano, CA)

The Scots now own a 3-7 record. They play next when they host Tehachapi for a non-league outing on Tuesday, September 12. Highland will face a Warriors squad coming off a 2-0 non-league win over West (Bakersfield, CA). The Warriors record now stands at 8-5.

Rankings & Records

Highland (23-24)

CA	Section
950	88

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	SW	SL
7-20	1-7	4-8	2-6	1-6	.259	.125	28	57

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
Highland	16.8	16.9	18.3	23.3	13.3	1.0
Independence	22.2	22.8	21.2	21.1	15.0	1.8

Head-to-Head

Independence won on 9/9/2023

9/9 @ 1p S1 S2 Wins

Highland 20 10 0
Independence 25 25 2

The Highland (Bakersfield, CA) varsity volleyball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament match against Independence (Bakersfield, CA) by a score of 2-0.
Box score
Independence won on 9/19/2023

9/19 @ 6:15p S1 S2 S3 S4 Wins

Highland 16 23 25 19 1
Independence 25 25 23 25 3

The Highland (Bakersfield, CA) varsity volleyball team lost Tuesday's away conference match against Independence (Bakersfield, CA) by a score of 3-1.
Box score
Independence won on 10/5/2023

10/5 @ 6:15p S1 S2 S3 S4 Wins

Independence 25 20 25 27 3
Highland 21 25 13 25 1

The Independence (Bakersfield, CA) varsity volleyball team won Thursday's away conference match against Highland (Bakersfield, CA) by a score of 3-1.
Box score

9/19 @ 6:15p	S1	S2	S3	S4	Wins
Highland	16	23	25	19	1
Independence	25	25	23	25	3

10/5 @ 6:15p	S1	S2	S3	S4	Wins
Independence	25	20	25	27	3
Highland	21	25	13	25	1

Team Stat Comparison

Highland		Independence
59	Kills	964
1	Total Blocks	242
30	Serving Aces	306
202	Digs	2293
6	Assists	775
328	Receptions	1668

Team Leaders

Highland		Independence	National Avg.
#3 Jillian Holcombe59	Kills	#11 Kaylynn Bolden302	53
#3 Jillian Holcombe1	Total Blocks	#8 Aniya Johnson84	12
#3 Jillian Holcombe15	Serving Aces	#1 Anabel Naranjo79	16
#9 Hannah Morton142	Digs	#1 Anabel Naranjo582	85
#9 Hannah Morton6	Assists	#9 Priscilla Ruvalcaba 686	50
#9 Hannah Morton245	Receptions	#11 Kaylynn Bolden548	88

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Highland	6-9		Independence	12-2-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/17/23	Chavez	Highland	(L) 3-0	8/25/23	Independence	Chavez	(T) 1-1
8/23/23	Highland	Taft	(L) 3-1	8/26/23	Taft	Independence	(W) 2-0
8/25/23	Highland	South	(W) 2-0	8/22/23	South	Independence	(W) 3-0
8/25/23	Highland	Foothill	(L) 2-0	9/14/23	Foothill	Independence	(W) 3-0
9/8/23	Highland	Foothill	(W) 2-0
8/26/23	Bakersfield	Highland	(L) 2-1	9/21/23	Bakersfield	Independence	(W) 3-0
9/26/23	Highland	Bakersfield	(L) 3-2	10/10/23	Independence	Bakersfield	(W) 3-1
10/12/23	Bakersfield	Highland	(L) 3-2
8/29/23	East Bakersfield	Highland	(W) 3-0	8/25/23	East Bakersfield	Independence	(W) 2-0
8/31/23	Kennedy	Highland	(W) 3-1	8/25/23	Independence	Kennedy	(W) 2-0
				8/29/23	Independence	Kennedy	(W) 3-0
9/13/23	Highland	Golden Valley	(W) 3-2	8/25/23	Independence	Golden Valley	(W) 2-0
				9/11/23	Independence	Golden Valley	(W) 3-0
9/28/23	Bakersfield Christian	Highland	(L) 3-0	10/3/23	Bakersfield Christian	Independence	(L) 3-0
10/17/23	Highland	Bakersfield Christian	(L) 3-0	10/19/23	Independence	Bakersfield Christian	(L) 3-1
10/3/23	Ridgeview	Highland	(W) 3-1	9/26/23	Independence	Ridgeview	(W) 3-1
10/19/23	Highland	Ridgeview	(L) 3-2	10/12/23	Ridgeview	Independence	(W) 3-0

Record Breakdown

Highland (23-24)		Independence (23-24)
7-20	Overall	25-11-1
1-7	League	6-2
3-6	Non-League	9-4-1
0-3	Head to Head	3-0
6-9	Common Opponent	12-2-1
4-8	Home	6-3
2-6	Away	9-3-1
1-6	Neutral	10-5
0-0	Playoff	1-1
7-20	In-State	25-11-1
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0