For the first time this season, the Santa Fe (Alachua) volleyball team swept its opponent.
The visiting Raiders defeated GHS 25-19, 25-23, 25-15 at The Purple Palace in the first of two meetings between the county rivals on Tuesday night.
However, Raiders’ head coach Eric Marshall was disappointed after the match.
“I don’t want to disrespect GHS in any way; they played incredible,” Marshall said. “I thought they got the ball to the three kids that they need to get the ball to win. I thought they outserved us, which to me was the difference in them scoring more points than we thought we should have given up, but I am so disappointed in the amount of energy we played with. “I think we came in here entitled because of the teams we’ve played up until now.”
Last week, Santa Fe (4-1) lost in five sets to defending 3A champion Calvary Christian (Clearwater), defeated defending 5A state champion Chiles (Tallahassee) for the first time in Marshall’s career, and beat 5A regional semifinalist Middleburg in four sets.
“We played them (Calvary Christian) well, but we can’t sit on those wins,” Marshall said. “We have to come in here the underdog every night, and with the amount of talent that we have, that’s disappointing.”
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