The Santana Sultans will challenge the Christian Patriots at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
Last Tuesday, Santana didn't have quite enough to beat El Capitan and fell 3-2. The defeat continues a trend for the Sultans in their meetings with the Vaqueros: they've now lost three in a row.
Santana took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 25-21, 16-25, 25-16, 15-13.
Patrick Deegan
| 04/08/25 vs El Capitan | 50 |
| 04/04/25 vs Steele Canyon | 19 |
| 04/03/25 vs El Cajon Valley | 45 |
| 03/26/25 vs Morse | 24 |
| 03/25/25 @ Granite Hills | 25 |
| 03/20/25 @ Grossmont | 35 |
Santana might have lost, but man, Patrick Deegan was a machine: he had 50 digs and one assist. Deegan is on a roll when it comes to digs, as he's now had 19 or more in each of the last six games he's played. Eduardo Alvarez was another key player, getting 18 digs and one assist.
Meanwhile, Christian waltzed into their match on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They blew past the Cardinals 3-0.
Christian's got stronger as the match went on, holding Hoover to fewer and fewer points set over set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-15, 25-13.
Christian's win bumped their record up to 14-11. As for Santana, their loss dropped their record down to 7-11.
Santana was able to grind out a solid victory over Christian in their previous meeting back in April of 2023, winning 2-0. Do the Sultans have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Patriots turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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