Jesuit is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Valley Christian. The Jesuit Crusaders narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Valley Christian Trojans 2-1.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Jesuit got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 22-25, 15-6.
Jesuit had a senior duo take command as Addy Azavedo had 15 digs and two aces and Jackie Carle had eight digs and 13 assists. Those 15 digs set a new season-high mark for Azavedo.
Valley Christian's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Ellie Gregg, who had 22 digs, and Madi Brown-Mcalpine, who had five digs and two aces.
Jesuit's win bumped their record up to 16-2. As for Valley Christian, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 14-9.
Jesuit has already played their next contest, a 2-1 loss against La Cueva on the 5th. As for Valley Christian, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 2-0 defeat against Bishop's on the 5th.
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