Roosevelt entered their tilt with Santiago on Tuesday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Santiago Sharks 3-2. For the Mustangs, this counts as revenge for the 3-2 defeat the Sharks walked away with the last time they faced one another back in October of 2023.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Roosevelt got the one that really mattered. After all that action, the final score was 30-28, 22-25, 25-23, 23-25, 15-13.
It was another big night for Mya Capistrano, who had ten digs and 53 assists. She is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 16 or more in the last 13 games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Gia Eleccion, who had 14 digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Roosevelt was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Despite the loss, Santiago still got an impressive performance from Kadence Choe, who had nine digs and three aces. The dominant performance gave Choe a new career-high in aces.
Roosevelt has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season. As for Santiago, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-6.
Roosevelt will square off against Centennial at 5:45 p.m. on Thursday. Roosevelt will be looking to keep their three-game home win streak alive. As for Santiago, they will take on Corona at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Corona will roll in looking for their seventh straight win, something Santiago surely won't give up without a fight.
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