Volleyball Recap: Sophie Roberts Leads a Balanced Effort to Beat Carlsbad + How To Watch

Clovis won the last time they faced Carlsbad and things went their way on Tuesday too. The Wildcats narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Cavemen/Cavegirls 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wildcats.

If you add up the scores from across all five sets (104-102) Clovis actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 20-25, 16-25, 25-21, 26-24, 15-9.

Sophie Roberts

Serving Aces

10/28/25 vs Carlsbad	7
10/16/25 @ Hobbs	1
10/14/25 @ Carlsbad	1
10/02/25 @ Lovington	2
09/30/25 vs St. Michael's	2
09/27/25 vs Moriarty	7

Clovis' victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Sophie Roberts, who had ten digs, seven kills, seven aces, and one block. That's the most aces Roberts has posted since back in September. Brynn Petner was another key player, getting 11 kills, six digs, and four aces.

They weren't the only good servers: Clovis was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 22 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in four consecutive matchups.

The win got Clovis back to even at 10-10. As for Carlsbad, they dropped their record down to 5-15 with the defeat, which was their seventh straight on the road.

Clovis didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 3-0 victory against Hobbs on the 30th. As for Carlsbad, they have also already played their next contest, a 3-2 win against Roswell on the 30th.