The St. Mary's Knights will head out to challenge the Sahuarita Mustangs at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. St. Mary's will be strutting in after a victory while Sahuarita will be coming in after a defeat.
St. Mary's made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Odyssey Institute, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Knights were the clear victors by a 3-0 margin over the Minotaur on Thursday. The Knights not only won on Thursday, but they posted their biggest win since March 7th.
St. Mary's was especially dominant in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-16, 25-16.
Adriel Malaca
| 04/03/25 vs Odyssey Institute | 14 |
| 03/25/25 vs Apollo | 3 |
| 03/21/25 vs Paradise Honors | 7 |
| 03/18/25 vs Agua Fria | 4 |
| 03/14/25 @ Thunderbird | 5 |
| 03/07/25 vs Moon Valley | 26 |
St. Mary's can attribute much of their success to Adriel Malaca, who had 14 digs and one assist, and Alonso Tristan, who had 11 digs. That's the most digs Malaca has posted since back in March. Alfonso Lizarraga also deserves some recognition as he posted his first assist of the season.
St. Mary's was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Sahuarita lost 3-0 to Tucson High Magnet School on Tuesday.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-14, 25-21.
St. Mary's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-7. As for Sahuarita, their loss dropped their record down to 2-10.
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