The Christian Patriots will head out to take on the Santana Sultans at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Santana took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Christian, who comes in off a win.
Christian had to skate by with only a one-set margin when they last took the court, which might have inspired the three-set drubbing they dealt Hoover on Thursday. The Patriots put the hurt on the Cardinals with a sharp 3-0 victory. Winning may never get old, but the Patriots sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
One reason for the win was Christian's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-15, 25-13.
Meanwhile, Santana didn't have quite enough to beat El Capitan on Tuesday and fell 3-2. The Sultans haven't had much luck with the Vaqueros recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Santana wouldn't go down easily and took El Capitan into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. The final score came out to 19-25, 25-21, 16-25, 25-16, 15-13.
Christian will have to contain Patrick Deegan as he made an impact in Santana's last game. He had 50 digs and one assist. Deegan has been hot, having posted 19 or more digs the last six times he's played. Another player making a difference was Eduardo Alvarez, who had 18 digs and one assist.
Christian's win bumped their record up to 14-11. As for Santana, their loss dropped their record down to 7-11.
Christian couldn't quite get it done against Santana when the teams last played back in April of 2023 as they fell 2-0. Can the Patriots avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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