Volleyball Recap: Dynamic Duo of Elie Woodstone and Zoe Chien Lead the Nueva School to Victory

The Nueva School won the last time they faced Design Tech and Julia Cai did her part to make sure it happened again. The Mavericks were the clear victors by a 3-0 margin over the Dragons on Thursday with plenty of help from Cai, who had seven aces, five kills, and three digs. She has been hot recently, having posted five or more kills the last four times she's played.

One reason for the win was The Nueva School's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. The final score came out to 25-22, 25-19, 25-17.

Elie Woodstone

Serving Aces (Career)

10/16/25 @ Design Tech	3
09/23/25 vs Design Tech	2
09/30/25 @ More	1
09/13/25 vs Monte Vista Christian	1
09/04/25 vs Eastside College Prep	1

The Nueva School was led to victory by Zoe Chien and Elie Woodstone. Chien had six aces, while Woodstone had 14 assists and three aces. Those three aces gave Woodstone a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Vivian Ma, who had six assists and three aces.

They weren't the only good servers: The Nueva School was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 21 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in eight consecutive matches.

Despite the loss, Design Tech still got an impressive performance from Katie Kockos, who had 11 digs and two aces.

The Nueva School has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-8 record this season. As for Design Tech, they now have a losing record of 8-9.

Looking ahead, The Nueva School will take on Pacific Bay Christian at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Design Tech, they will challenge Pinewood at 4:00 p.m. on Monday.