Mater Dei is 10-0 against JSerra Catholic since October of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Mater Dei Monarchs will head out on the road to face off against the JSerra Catholic Lions at 5:45 p.m. Mater Dei will be looking to extend their current 11-game winning streak.
Mater Dei is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of California's top teams: Santa Margarita, who was ranked 17th in their home state at the time (Mater Dei was ranked second). Mater Dei walked away with a 3-1 win over Santa Margarita on Thursday.
Mater Dei 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 19-25, 25-20, 27-25, 25-13.
Mater Dei's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Sam Capinpin, who had four digs and 17 assists, and Layli Ostovar, who had 12 kills, seven digs, and seven digs. Ostovar is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had five or more in the last six games she's played dating back to last season.
Mater Dei was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in August.
Meanwhile, JSerra Catholic came up short against Orange Lutheran on Thursday and fell 3-1. The Lions have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
While JSerra Catholic had to settle for second, they sure made a game of it, scoring at least 18 points in every set they played. The final score came out to 25-19, 25-18, 21-25, 25-21.
Mater Dei pushed their record up to 22-3 with the victory, which was their tenth straight on the road. As for JSerra Catholic, their loss dropped their record down to 14-8.
Mater Dei was able to grind out a solid win over JSerra Catholic in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, winning 3-1. Does Mater Dei have another victory up their sleeve, or will JSerra Catholic turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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