The Santa Cruz Cardinals have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven matchups by 21 points or more this season. Everything went their way against Soquel on Friday as Santa Cruz made off with a 51-25 victory. The victory was familiar territory for Santa Cruz who now have three in a row.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Santa Cruz to victory, but perhaps none more so than Natalia Espinosa, who scored five points along with six rebounds and five assists. Tiera Oconnor was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 11 points and ten rebounds.
Santa Cruz's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-5. As for Soquel, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-6.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Santa Cruz will square off against Scotts Valley at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Scotts Valley will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps California Rankings (they are ranked 848th, while Santa Cruz is ranked 282nd). As for Soquel, they will head out on the road to face off against Aptos at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
