On Tuesday, Torrey Pines faced Santa Margarita in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Torrey Pines Falcons walked away with a 3-1 win over the Santa Margarita Eagles. That's more bragging rights for the Falcons, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Torrey Pines had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-17, 25-14, 25-21.
Torrey Pines was led to victory by Sophia Wu and Jaycee Mack. Wu had nine digs, while Mack had ten kills, nine digs, two aces, and two aces. The dominant performance gave Mack a new career-high in aces.
Torrey Pines was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 17 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Despite the loss, Santa Margarita still got an impressive performance from Roma Witowski, who had five digs and 18 assists. Witowski has been hot recently, having posted 13 or more assists the last four times she's played.
Torrey Pines pushed their record up to 5-3 with the victory, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Santa Margarita, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 13-5.
Torrey Pines will face off against Torrance at 1:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Santa Margarita, they will look to defend their home court on Monday against JSerra Catholic at 5:45 p.m. JSerra Catholic will roll in looking for their fourth straight win, something Santa Margarita surely won't give up without a fight.
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