Volleyball Recap: Xian Gonzalez's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Boulder Creek over Millennium

Boulder Creek lost against Millennium last Friday, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Jaguars fell just short of the Tigers by a score of 3-2.

In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Boulder Creek sadly wound up on the wrong side. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 17-25, 26-24, 20-25, 15-9.

Xian Gonzalez

Assists

04/03/25 vs Millennium	46
03/29/25 vs Prescott	19
03/29/25 vs Campo Verde	13
03/28/25 vs Coronado	31
03/28/25 vs Millennium	20
+ 9 more games

Several Jaguars players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Xian Gonzalez, who hit 54.5% for six kills and 12 digs and two aces. Gonzalez has been hot for a while, having also posted 13 or more assists the last 14 times he's played. David Powell also deserves some recognition as he posted his first assist of the season.

Millennium had a senior duo take command as Tyler Nguyen had 25 assists and nine digs and Ethan Tran had 15 digs and two assists. Those 15 digs set a new season-high mark for Tran.

Boulder Creek has been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last seven games. That's put a noticeable dent in their 5-7 record this season. As for Millennium, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 14-10.

Boulder Creek wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next matchup, a 3-1 loss against Chandler on the 4th. As for Millennium, they are taking a road trip to square off against O'Connor at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.