Santa Fe has gone 10-0 against Manzano recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Santa Fe Demons will challenge the Manzano Monarchs at 6:00 p.m. Santa Fe will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.
Last Tuesday, Santa Fe made easy work of Capital and carried off a 3-0 win.
The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-21, 25-13.
Santa Fe relied on the efforts of Lillianna Ocampo, who had 12 digs, and Glynis Chung, who had six digs. Ocampo has been hot recently, having posted 12 or more digs the last three times she's played.
Santa Fe couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 40.2% of their attack attempts. The last time their hitting percentage was this high was back in November of 2023.
Meanwhile, Manzano hadn't done well against Eldorado recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Manzano came out on top against Eldorado by a score of 3-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Monarchs.
The final score came out to 25-22, 25-19, 14-25, 25-21.
Manzano can attribute much of their success to Neveah Lopez-Robles, who had five digs and 15 assists.
Santa Fe pushed their record up to 11-1 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Manzano, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 8-6 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's game: Santa Fe has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8.2 aces per game. However, it's not like Manzano struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.1. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Everything went Santa Fe's way against Manzano in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, as Santa Fe made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Santa Fe since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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