On Monday, Oct 2, the Rancho Christian varsity girls volleyball team won their IVY League match against Elsinore High School by a score of 3-2. The Eagles battled the Tigers in a match that went five sets with Rancho Christian winning the first two sets 25-17 and 25-10.

Rancho Christian’s Savannah Thomas (6) goes up for the block as Sophia Duguid (17) readies herself for a comebacker in a recent IVY League matchup with Elsinore. Valley News/David Canales photo

Elsinore did what Tigers do best and roared back to win the next two sets 25-21 and 25-19, forcing a deciding fifth set. Led by Savannah Thomas, who went into the match with 370 kills on the season, that final set went the way of Rancho Christian, 16-14, winning the overall match 3-2. Thomas also leads the team in Total Blocks (20), and Digs (192). Aubrey Tobias leads the Eagles with 637 assists for the season.

With four matches left in the regular season, both teams will play each other one more time (Monday, Oct. 9) before playoff brackets get announced the weekend of the 14th.

JP Raineri can be reached by email at sports@reedermedia.com.

JP Raineri

JP is an award-winning multimedia journalist and head of the sports department at the Valley News. A former Southwestern League head baseball coach and former President of the Temecula Youth Baseball League, he has also worked as a local radio personality for All Pro Broadcasting and as a television host for the Outdoor Channel. When he’s not covering sports, JP works in the Media Technology Department for Major League Baseball.

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