Volleyball Preview: Arroyo Dons vs. San Leandro Pirates
Arroyo is 1-8 against San Leandro since September of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Arroyo Dons will face off against the San Leandro Pirates at 5:45 p.m.
Arroyo is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Saint Mary's just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Saturday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Panthers.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-6, 25-12.
Meanwhile, San Leandro had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Grizzlies with a sharp 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant San Leandro was: they took every set by at least ten points. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-15, 25-8.
Laurie Ho was a one-man wrecking crew for San Leandro as she had ten digs and six aces. Ho is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last three games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayden Aranzamendez, who had four digs and three aces.
She wasn't the only good server: San Leandro was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're ace total in three consecutive games.
Arroyo's defeat dropped their record down to 4-9. As for San Leandro, their win bumped their record up to 6-8.
Arroyo suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to San Leandro in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can Arroyo avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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