Pirates
| 05/15/25 @ Sanger West | 3-2 |
| 05/13/25 @ Central East | 3-0 |
| 05/08/25 @ Arroyo Grande | 3-2 |
| 05/06/25 vs McLane | 3-1 |
| 04/29/25 vs Arroyo Grande | 3-0 |
With a playoff win on the line, Santa Ynez rose to the challenge on Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Sanger West Hornets, sneaking past 3-2. The win was nothing new for the Pirates as they're now sitting on five straight.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (102-100) Santa Ynez actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 25-22, 25-20, 16-25, 19-25, 15-10.
Santa Ynez found their leader in sophomore Will Losson, who had 21 digs and three assists. Losson is on a roll when it comes to digs, as he's now had 12 or more in each of the last four games he's played. Emmanuel Sanchez was another key player, getting five digs and one block.
Santa Ynez couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 58.9% of their attack attempts. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a hitting percentage of 58.1% or higher in three consecutive matchups.
Jayden Vang and Maximus Inboon certainly did their best on Thursday to avoid the loss. Vang had 37 assists and seven digs, while Inboon had 17 digs and two assists. With that strong performance, Inboon is now averaging an impressive 10 digs per game.
Santa Ynez pushed their record up to 21-3 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Sanger West, their defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 26-15.
Santa Ynez didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 3-0 win against El Toro on the 20th. As for Sanger West, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 3-1 loss against Sage Hill on the 20th.
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