Volleyball Recap: Hialeah-Miami Lakes Takes a Loss

Hialeah-Miami Lakes came into their game on Monday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They came up short against the Varela Vipers, falling 3-0. The Trojans were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Vipers apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in March of 2023.

While Hialeah-Miami Lakes was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Varela's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-16, 25-18.

Giovanni Gonzalez

Assists

04/21/25 @ Varela	19
04/14/25 vs MAST Academy	38
04/02/25 vs Westland Hialeah	32
03/21/25 vs Sports Leadership & Management	29
03/21/25 vs Pembroke Pines Charter	33
+ 5 more games

When it comes to explaining why Hialeah-Miami Lakes lost, don't look at Giovanni Gonzalez. Despite the final result, he had 19 assists and six digs. Gonzalez is crushing it when it comes to assists: he's posted at least 19 every time he's taken the court this season.

Varela was led to victory by Jose Santos and Gabriel Ramos. Santos had 12 assists and two aces, while Ramos had 16 assists. That's the most aces Santos has posted over his last four games.

The defeat snapped Hialeah-Miami Lakes' winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 13-7 record. As for Varela, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 15-6.

Hialeah-Miami Lakes wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next matchup, a 3-0 win against Norland on the 22nd. As for Varela, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 3-0 victory against Keys Gate on the 22nd.