Volleyball Recap: West Boca Raton Takes Down Deerfield Beach in a Playoff Battle

It's playoff time, and West Boca Raton had no trouble coming through when it counted. Everything went their way against the Deerfield Beach Bucks on Thursday as they made off with a 3-0 win. The Bulls haven't had any issues with the Bucks recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive victory against them.

The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-9, 25-15.

Sofia Maldonado

Assists

10/16/25 vs Deerfield Beach	16
10/14/25 vs Fort Lauderdale	19
10/09/25 vs Deerfield Beach	18
10/08/25 @ Boca Raton	18
10/07/25 @ St. John Paul II Academy	15
+ 2 more games

Leading West Boca Raton to victory were Ozum Oztas and Sofia Maldonado. Oztas had 14 digs and three aces, while Maldonado had five digs and three aces. Maldonado is also on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 15 or more in each of the last seven games she's played.

They weren't the only good servers: West Boca Raton was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 11 aces in four consecutive matches.

West Boca Raton's record now sits at 9-12. As for Deerfield Beach, they have traveled a rocky road recently, having lost ten of their last 13 contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 9-11 record this season.

As of now, neither West Boca Raton nor Deerfield Beach have any future games scheduled.