If St. Joseph Academy wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Escondido Charter, they should've done a better job of containing Sierra Matters. The Escondido Charter Tigers blew past the St. Joseph Academy Crusaders 3-0 on Wednesday thanks in part to Matters, who had three aces and 13 assists. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces.
Escondido Charter's got stronger as the match went on, holding St. Joseph Academy to fewer and fewer points set over set. The final score came out to 25-19, 25-17, 25-15.
Escondido Charter was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in four consecutive matchups.
Despite the defeat, St. Joseph Academy saw an underclassman step up: freshman Makayla Merritt had 14 digs. Merritt has been hot recently, having posted 14 or more digs the last three times she's played.
Escondido Charter has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-14 record this season. As for St. Joseph Academy, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost 12 of their last 13 games, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-22 record this season.
Escondido Charter wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 3-0 loss against Escondido on the 25th. St. Joseph Academy has also already played their next matchup, a 3-0 defeat against Foothills Christian on the 25th.
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