Volleyball Preview: Capital Jaguars vs. Santa Fe Demons
Capital is 1-9 against Santa Fe since October of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Capital Jaguars will head out to challenge the Santa Fe Demons at 6:00 p.m. Capital is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last three games.
It was a proper cat-fight when Capital took on Taos on Tuesday. Capital had just enough and edged Taos out 3-2.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Capital got the one that really mattered. The final score came out to 25-17, 19-25, 25-22, 19-25, 16-14.
Brooke Salazar went supernova for Capital, getting 12 digs and five aces. The dominant performance gave Salazar a new career-high in aces.
Capital kept the net locked down and finished the game with 14 blocks. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now had at least seven blocks in 13 consecutive contests.
Robertson typically has all the answers at home, but on Saturday Santa Fe proved too difficult a challenge. Everything went their way against the Cardinals as they made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Demons.
Santa Fe's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Robertson between 15 and 17 points across their sets. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-15, 25-15.
Capital now has a winning record of 7-6. As for Santa Fe, their record now sits at 10-1.
Capital suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Santa Fe when the teams last played back in November of 2023. Can Capital avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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