Volleyball Recap: Xavier Guerra Leads a Balanced Effort to Beat Littlerock

Efrain Dela Cruz

Serving Aces (Career)

03/18/25 @ Littlerock	9
03/14/25 @ Antelope Valley	6
03/04/24 @ Rosamond	6
02/28/25 vs Palmdale Academy Charter School	5
03/12/25 vs Knight	3

Littlerock came into Tuesday's match looking for another win against Palmdale, but Efrain Dela Cruz wouldn't allow it. Palmdale put the hurt on Littlerock with a sharp 3-0 victory on Tuesday with plenty of help from Dela Cruz, who had 15 digs and nine aces. Those nine aces gave him a new career-high.

Palmdale's got stronger as the match went on, holding Littlerock to fewer and fewer points set over set. The final score came out to 25-22, 25-20, 25-18.

Palmdale got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Xavier Guerra out in front who had eight digs and three aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Gerardo Asij, who had five digs and two aces.

Guerra wasn't the only good server: Palmdale was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 41 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in four consecutive games.

Palmdale's victory bumped their record up to 3-7. As for Littlerock, they have been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 3-6 record this season.

Palmdale has already played their next matchup, a 3-2 defeat against Eastside on the 20th. As for Littlerock, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 3-0 loss against Knight on the 20th.