JSerra Catholic and Santa Margarita are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2018, but not for long. The JSerra Catholic Lions will head out on the road to take on the Santa Margarita Eagles at 5:45 p.m. on Monday. JSerra Catholic is coming into the contest hot, having won their last three games.
JSerra Catholic is headed into the match having just posted their biggest victory since September 3rd on Tuesday. They blew past Foothill 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-18, 25-15.
JSerra Catholic can attribute much of their success to Skylar Noble, who had 13 digs, and Kendall Stark, who had three digs and two aces. That's the most aces Stark has posted since back in August.
Meanwhile, Santa Margarita faced Torrey Pines in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. Santa Margarita fell 3-1 to Torrey Pines. The Eagles have struggled against the Falcons recently, as their game on Tuesday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Santa Margarita started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 25-17, 25-14, 25-21.
JSerra Catholic pushed their record up to 14-6 with that win, which was their third straight at home. As for Santa Margarita, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-5.
JSerra Catholic was able to grind out a solid victory over Santa Margarita in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, winning 3-1. Does JSerra Catholic have another victory up their sleeve, or will Santa Margarita turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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