Carpinteria played stellar back-row defense, but Nordhoff’s firepower proved to be too much as the Rangers took a four-set boys volleyball match on a grass court at Matilija Junior High in Ojai on Tuesday. The scores were 24-26, 25-20, 25-15, 25-23.
“We played well but Nordhoff played a little better as they had more fire power than us,” said Carpinteria coach Mickey Caughey. “We dug a ton of balls as a team for a total of 179 digs on the evening. Our defense was awesome, which kept us in a lot of long rallies.”
Gavin Lohuis led the defense with 49 digs to go with six kills, two blocks and seven service aces. Zach Isaac had 22 digs, five blocks, three kills and two aces, and Arata Tomatsuri picked up 22 digs and had five blocks and three kills.
The Warriors play at Hueneme next Tuesday.
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