There's no place like home for El Camino, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Thursday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over the Sutter Huskies on Tuesday. For the Eagles, this counts as revenge for the 3-1 defeat the Huskies walked away with the last time they faced one another back in September.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (107-91) El Camino actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 11-25, 26-24, 25-19, 13-25, 16-14.
Leading El Camino to victory were Kalli Porter and Lizzie Newman. Porter had 12 blocks, 11 kills, four digs, and four aces, while Newman had 15 digs, three kills, and a block. That's the most aces Porter has posted since back in September. The team also got some help courtesy of Maraia Rokosiga, who had seven kills and four blocks.
She was just one part of a dominant defense: El Camino kept the net locked down and finished the game with 26 blocks. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now had at least five blocks in three consecutive matches.
Sutter lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Shaley Danna, who had 14 digs and three aces. Madeline Fedora was another key player, getting 12 digs.
El Camino is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a massive bump to their 13-9 record this season. As for Sutter, the loss snapped their winning streak at nine games and leaves them with a 23-11 record.
As of now, neither El Camino nor Sutter have any future games scheduled.
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