The Mater Dei Catholic Crusaders will square off against the Calexico Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a three-game winning streak alive.
Mater Dei Catholic can't be too worried about heading out to take on Calexico: they just beat Sweetwater at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. The Crusaders walked away with a 3-1 win over the Red Devils on Friday.
Mater Dei Catholic had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 25-18, 26-24, 25-20.
Meanwhile, with a playoff win on the line, Calexico rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over the Tigers.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (105-99) Calexico actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 25-21, 18-25, 25-22, 16-25, 15-12.
Calexico had a senior duo take command as Gerardo Diaz had 44 digs and three aces and Jose Pablo Reyna had 14 digs, five kills, and three aces. Diaz is on a roll when it comes to digs, as he's now had 17 or more in each of the last 17 games he's played.
Calexico was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Morse only served seven aces.
Mater Dei Catholic's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 26-10. As for Calexico, their victory bumped their record up to 23-6.
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