Santa Margarita is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Jesuit. The Santa Margarita Eagles fell just short of the Jesuit Crusaders by a score of 2-1.
In a back-and-forth that saw neither team win consecutive sets, Santa Margarita sadly dropped the once that decided the match. The final score came out to 25-20, 16-25, 15-10.
Despite the loss, Santa Margarita still got an impressive performance from Isabella Simon, who had 11 digs.
Santa Margarita has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 17-9 record this season. As for Jesuit, their win bumped their record up to 15-1.
Santa Margarita didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 2-0 victory against Vista Murrieta on the 5th. Jesuit has also already played their next game, a 2-0 defeat against Notre Dame Prep on the 5th.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps