After four games on the road, California is heading back home. They will host the Santa Fe Chiefs at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both are at an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2018.
California came up short against Cerritos on Tuesday, falling 3-0. The defeat continues a trend for the Condors in their matchups with the Dons: they've now lost three in a row.
After all that action, the final score was 25-15, 25-12, 25-12.
Meanwhile, Santa Fe earned a 3-1 victory over Schurr on Tuesday.
The final score came out to 25-17, 19-25, 26-24, 25-18.
Emma Borquez was the offensive standout of the game as she had 16 digs. She is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had seven or more in the last nine games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Isabella Gonzalez, who had 11 digs and two aces.
Gonzalez wasn't the only one working in the aces department: Santa Fe was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That's a new trend for Santa Fe: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last ten contests they've averaged 11.2.
California's loss dropped their record down to 1-13. As for Santa Fe, they pushed their record up to 18-3 with that win, which was their third straight on the road.
California might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Santa Fe when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can California avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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