Sturgis West took care of business in their home opener on Monday (and then some). Everything went their way against the Nantucket Whalers as the Sturgis West Navigators made off with a 3-0 win. This was payback for the Navigators, who suffered a 3-0 loss the last time these two teams met.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-19, 25-15.
Sturgis West was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Defeat or not, Nantucket got some senior leadership from Bianca Santos and Rihanna Cranston. Santos had seven digs, two aces, and a kill, while Cranston had six digs, five kills, and three aces. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: Santos now served two or more in the last five games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Viktoria Todorova, who had nine digs.
Nantucket's loss dropped their record down to 1-1.
Sturgis West will take on Monomoy at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Sturgis West is facing Monomoy at the right time seeing as Monomoy is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Nantucket, they will square off against Bridgewater-Raynham at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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