Santa Barbara boys volleyball swept Buena Thursday in a Channel League match on scores of 25-9, 25-8, 25-11.
“We were able to use our whole bench and I was proud of Chase Holdren running the show,” Santa Barbara coach Chad Arneson said. “Chase had 18 assists and he served 12 straight serves in a row.”
Austin Jaimes had 10 kills, four aces and three blocks for the Dons, and senior middle blocker Parker Hann was a force at the net and with eight kills and four blocks.
“Jack Goligoski was moved up for the varsity match, and he did a great job passing,” Arneson said. “He had nine kills and two aces. Props to libero Dana Whitney passing nails and he had a chance to hit tonight” with three kills.
The Dons are now 9-4 overall and 4-1 in league play. They host San Marcos Friday night.
Bishop Diego 3, Cate 0
Liam Flood led the Cardinals with 15 kills and five aces in a sweep of Cate on scores of 25-12, 25-21, 25-20 in a Tri-Valley League match Thursday at the Brick House.
Braylon Katers added nine kills and two aces for Bishop Diego.
“Cate has a great player in Ben Richmond,” Bishop Diego coach Dillan Bennett said. “After seeing a few of their matches this season, we came up with a plan to slow him down the best we could.”
Still, Richmond had 14 of the Rams’ 19 kills, coach KC Collins said.
“Mack Niemann stepped into the setter role for the second time this year, posted 13 digs,” Collins added.
The Cardinals improve to 6-1 overall and 3-1 in the TVL. The play at Malibu Friday and head to UCSB Saturday for the Dos Pueblos Invitational.
“With tough serving and a transition offense, I thought our guys executed really well tonight,” Bennett said. “That level of play will keep us in contention this weekend at the DPI.”
Dos Pueblos 3, Rio Mesa 0
The Chargers bounced back from their five-set loss to Santa Barbara with a 25-19, 25-15, 25-9 sweep over Rio Mesa in a Channel League match at Sovine Gym.
Setter Grant Hughes spread the offense well, dishing out 30 assists.
“His distribution is getting better with each match,” said coach Ehren Hug.
Micah Goss led the attack with 10 kills, Matthew Wilcox had eight kills and Jan Schmidtchen added seven.
Hug praised the play of senior libero Tzevon Lovejoy-Hall.
“He took a lot of court in serve receive and got his hands on a lot of balls. He followed his passing up with some great scramble plays and solid serving. We love it when our libero’s take charge and go after it. Tzevon was that guy tonight.”
Senior defensive specialist Griffin Silver made several plays in he first set and had two aces in a five-serve run.
The Chargers play Oaks Christian at 8 a.m. Saturday morning as they host the 46th annual Dos Pueblos Invitational, one of the longest running boys high school tournaments in the world, said Hug.
There will be 28 teams across seven courts at the UCSB Thunderdome.