Volleyball Game Preview: Santa Cruz Cardinals vs. Harbor Pirates

By Team Reports Oct 18, 2024, 10:18pm

Volleyball Preview: Santa Cruz Cardinals vs. Harbor Pirates

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The Santa Cruz Cardinals will challenge the Harbor Pirates at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.

Santa Cruz took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Wednesday. They blew past San Lorenzo Valley 3-0. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Cardinals have posted since October 3rd.

Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-9, 25-20.

Santa Cruz can attribute much of their success to Irie Butler, who had three digs and three aces, and Colette Huynh, who had four digs and two aces.

Meanwhile, Harbor made easy work of Scotts Valley on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 win.

Harbor never let Scotts Valley on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-11, 27-25.

Santa Cruz's victory bumped their record up to 15-10. As for Harbor, they have been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-9 record this season.

Santa Cruz came up short against Harbor in their previous matchup back in September, falling 3-1. Can Santa Cruz avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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