Volleyball Preview: Aptos Mariners vs. Soquel Knights
Aptos is 1-9 against Soquel since November of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Aptos Mariners will venture away from home to face off against the Soquel Knights at 6:30 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Saturday, Aptos got the win against Ann Sobrato by a conclusive 3-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Mariners.
While Aptos won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the first set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-13, 25-21.
Meanwhile, everything went Soquel's way against Mt. Madonna on Tuesday as Soquel made off with a 3-0 win.
The final score came out to 25-3, 25-8, 25-18.
Soquel was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 23 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 14 consecutive matches.
Aptos' victory bumped their record up to 8-13. As for Soquel, they now have a winning record of 14-13.
Aptos came up short against Soquel in their previous matchup on October 1st, falling 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Soquel's Gianna Audisio, who had 33 digs, three aces, and a kill. Now that Aptos knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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