Volleyball Recap: Thursday's Victory Is San Joaquin Memorial's Third in Last Four Outings

Sarah Villalvazo

Digs

10/09/25 vs Sanger	23
10/07/25 @ Bullard	17
10/02/25 vs Edison	12
09/30/25 @ Madera	11
09/26/25 vs Saint Francis	17
+ 6 more games

If Sanger wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played San Joaquin Memorial, they should've done a better job of containing Sarah Villalvazo. The Panthers narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Apaches 3-2 thanks in part to Villalvazo, who had 23 digs. She has been hot for a while, having posted ten or more digs the last 11 times she's played.

San Joaquin Memorial was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (92-88), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 8-25, 15-25, 25-15, 15-8.

San Joaquin Memorial is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-13 record this season. As for Sanger, the defeat snapped their winning streak at five matches and leaves them with a 17-11 record.

Looking ahead, San Joaquin Memorial will host Justin Garza at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Sanger, they will head out on the road to challenge Nipomo at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.