Volleyball Game Preview: Mesquite Wildcats vs. St. Mary's Knights

Mesquite has won seven straight games at home, while St. Mary has won seven straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Wednesday. The Wildcats will welcome the Knights at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

On Monday, Mesquite made easy work of Marcos de Niza and carried off a 3-0 victory.

Mesquite's got stronger as the match went on, holding Marcos de Niza to fewer and fewer points set over set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-21, 25-10.

Aislinn Barreno-Celedon

Digs (Career)

10/20/25 @ Marcos de Niza	13
09/19/25 vs Canyon del Oro	5
10/01/25 vs Marcos de Niza	3
09/26/25 vs Enumclaw	1

Mesquite can attribute much of their success to Cami White, who had three digs and two aces, and Aislinn Barreno-Celedon, who had 13 digs. Those 13 digs gave Barreno-Celedon a new career-high.

Meanwhile, St. Mary's was able to grind out a solid win over Arcadia on Monday, taking the game 3-1.

Mesquite's victory bumped their record up to 24-5. As for St. Mary's, their win bumped their record up to 17-8.

Mesquite took their victory against St. Mary's when the teams last played two weeks ago by a conclusive 3-0 score. Do the Wildcats have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Knights turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.