The Mater Dei Catholic Crusaders will take on the San Ysidro Cougars at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Mater Dei Catholic will be looking to extend their current nine-game winning streak.
Mater Dei Catholic barely beat Foothills Christian the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. Mater Dei Catholic blew past Foothills Christian 3-0 on Tuesday.
Mater Dei Catholic never let Foothills Christian on the board, but things got pretty close in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-16, 25-21.
Meanwhile, San Ysidro came up short against Montgomery on Wednesday and fell 3-1. The Cougars haven't had much luck with the Aztecs recently, as the team has come up short the last six times they've met.
San Ysidro started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The final score came out to 18-25, 25-18, 25-17, 25-15.
Mater Dei Catholic will need to focus on slowing down Sebastian Castro, one of several San Ysidro players who made an impact when they last played. He had 26 assists and 14 digs. That's the most assists Castro has posted over his last 12 matchups. The team also got some help courtesy of Ryan Nance, who had 17 digs and one assist.
San Ysidro's loss dropped their record down to 14-6. As for Mater Dei Catholic, they pushed their record up to 12-7 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home.
Mater Dei Catholic was able to grind out a solid victory over San Ysidro in their previous meeting on Saturday, winning 2-0. Will Mater Dei Catholic repeat their success, or does San Ysidro has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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