Volleyball Game Preview: Luis Valdez Leadership Academy Lions vs. Stratford Prep Lions

Luis Valdez Leadership Academy will face off against Stratford Prep at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Luis Valdez Leadership Academy is coming into the match hot, having won their last three games.

Luis Valdez Leadership Academy had to skate by with only a one-set margin when they last took the court, which might have inspired the three-set drubbing they dealt ACE Charter on Thursday. The Lions put the hurt on the Cheetahs with a sharp 3-0 victory. While the Lions didn't have the best season last year (they finished 3-12), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.

While Luis Valdez Leadership Academy might've won, it sure wasn't easy: ACE Charter scored at least 18 points in every set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-18, 25-19.

Allison Gonzalez

Serving Aces (Career)

10/02/25 @ ACE Charter	4
09/26/25 vs Summit Tahoma	3
09/22/25 vs Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit	3
10/17/24 vs ACE Charter	3
09/03/24 @ MacDonald	3

Luis Valdez Leadership Academy relied on the efforts of Allison Gonzalez, who had four aces, and Andrea Mata Alejo, who had four aces. Those four aces gave Gonzalez a new career-high.

They weren't the only good servers: Luis Valdez Leadership Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in six consecutive matchups.

Meanwhile, Stratford Prep posted their closest win since September 6th on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit 3-2.

Stratford Prep had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 24-26, 20-25, 25-23, 25-22, 15-9.

Luis Valdez Leadership Academy's win bumped their record up to 6-2. As for Stratford Prep, their victory bumped their record up to 10-8.