Saint Mary lost against Berkeley back in September of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Saint Mary's Panthers fell just short of the Berkeley Yellowjackets by a score of 3-2. The Panthers haven't had much luck with the Yellowjackets recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Saint Mary's took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The final score came out to 25-23, 18-25, 20-25, 25-18, 15-8.
Berkeley was led to victory by Semaj Manuel and Rubi Silva. Manuel had 20 digs, while Silva hit 64.3% for nine killsnine digs and seven aces. The last time Silva's hitting percentage was this high was back in August.
Saint Mary's defeat dropped their record down to 10-8. As for Berkeley, they pushed their record up to 7-5 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.
Saint Mary's will challenge Hercules at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Saint Mary's is facing Hercules at the right time seeing as Hercules is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Berkeley, they will take on California at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday.
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