The Santa Paula Cardinals will challenge the Hueneme Vikings at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Santa Paula has four straight wins, Hueneme has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
It was a proper cat-fight when Santa Paula took on Del Sol on Thursday. The Cardinals blew past the Jaguars 3-0.
Santa Paula never let Del Sol on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-22, 25-13.
Kathy Valdez
| 10/09/25 @ Del Sol | 25 |
| 10/07/25 vs Channel Islands | 15 |
| 09/02/25 @ Carpinteria | 15 |
| 08/28/25 @ Hueneme | 14 |
| 09/11/25 vs Fillmore | 11 |
Kathy Valdez and Milanna Manzano were among the main playmakers for Santa Paula as the former had 25 digs and four aces and the latter had 13 assists. Those 25 digs gave Valdez a new career-high.
They weren't the only good servers: Santa Paula was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 22 aces. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their ace total in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Hueneme came up short against Malibu on Thursday and fell 3-1.
Hueneme started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-16, 25-14, 25-15.
Hueneme's defeat dropped their record down to 8-13. As for Santa Paula, they now have a winning record of 11-10.
Santa Paula came out on top in a nail-biter against Hueneme in their previous matchup back in August, sneaking past 3-2. Do the Cardinals have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Vikings turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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