The Mesa Vista Trojans will venture away from home to take on the Santa Fe Prep Blue Griffins at 8:30 a.m. on Friday. Santa Fe Prep took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Mesa Vista, who comes in off a win.
Last Tuesday, it was close, but Mesa Vista sidestepped Menaul for a 3-2 win.
Mesa Vista took Menaul into a fifth set where they got it done with a three-point win. The final score came out to 25-23, 26-28, 21-25, 25-20, 15-12.
Janessa Sandoval had a dynamite game for Mesa Vista, getting 37 digs and five aces. Sandoval has been hot recently, having posted ten or more digs the last seven times she's played.
Mesa Vista was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 23 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in eight consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Santa Fe Prep unfortunately witnessed the end of their six-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell 3-1 to Piedra Vista. While the Blue Griffins didn't have the best season last year (they finished 8-14), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-21, 23-25, 25-11.
The victory got Mesa Vista back to even at 4-4. As for Santa Fe Prep, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-2.
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