Jesuit is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of La Cueva. The Jesuit Crusaders fell just short of the La Cueva Bears by a score of 2-1.
The 2-1 doesn't really show just how close this match was: all the sets Jesuit lost were decided by three points or less. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 29-27, 21-25, 15-13.
Despite the loss, Jesuit still got an impressive performance from Addy Azavedo, who had 14 digs. Azavedo is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season.
La Cueva was led to victory by Riley Johnson and Chloe Chafins. Johnson had three digs and two aces, while Chafins had six digs.
Jesuit's loss dropped their record down to 16-3. As for La Cueva, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-5.
Jesuit will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against Mountainside at 6:45 p.m. As for La Cueva, they will look to take advantage of their home-court for the first time this season as they take on Sandia at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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