The Soquel Knights will venture away from home to take on the Santa Cruz Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Santa Cruz took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Soquel, who comes in off a win.
On Tuesday, Soquel earned a 3-1 win over Scotts Valley. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Knights.
Soquel had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 19-25, 25-21, 25-16, 25-17.
Soquel's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Gianna Audisio led the charge by getting 27 digs. The team also got some help courtesy of Mia Riddle, who had ten digs and 25 assists.
Soquel was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since last Tuesday.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Santa Cruz's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They came up short against Aptos, falling 3-0. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest defeat the Cardinals have suffered against the Mariners since October 22, 2019.
After all that action, the final score was 25-21, 25-23, 25-16.
Soquel is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-8 record this season. As for Santa Cruz, their loss dropped their record down to 4-4.
Soquel suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Santa Cruz in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can Soquel avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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