Aptos hasn't had much luck against Soquel recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Aptos Mariners' homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Soquel Knights at 6:30 p.m.
Aptos is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Scotts Valley just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Thursday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Falcons.
Aptos started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 24-26, 25-20, 25-22, 25-19.
Meanwhile, Soquel entered their tilt with Mt. Madonna on Thursday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. Everything went their way against the Hawks as they made off with a 3-0 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Knights have posted since September 10th.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-6, 25-7.
Soquel was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Aptos' loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-9. As for Soquel, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 9-8 record this season.
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