Mater Dei is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Cornerstone Christian. The Monarchs took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Warriors. The loss was the Monarchs' first of the season.
While Mater Dei was not able to make it on the board, they still kept things close, especially in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-22.
Westley Matavao paced Mater Dei's offense, picking up 11 kills. Matavao got some help from Kate Scherlacher and her 11 assists.
Having lost for the first time this season, Mater Dei fell to 8-1. As for Cornerstone Christian, they pushed their record up to 16-3 with the win, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season.
Coming up, Mater Dei will take on Redondo Union at 5:45 p.m. on Thursday. As for Cornerstone Christian, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 3-0 victory against United on the 2nd.
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