Redondo Union boys volleyball falls in CIF final
Redondo plays Carlsbad in home regional match Thursday, May 16, at 6 p.m. by Garth Meyer RUHS boys volleyball took second place in the CIF Southern Section May 11, with a 3-0 loss to Santa Margarita, 25-21, 26-24, 25-18. The Division 2 championship went to Santa Margarita for the first time since 2001, the school’s fourth overall in boys volleyball. Ethan Saint hit a match-high 24 kills to lead the Eagles. In the second set in Norwalk, Redondo had a set point at 24-22, serving to tie the match. Moments later, Santa Margarita, a Catholic High School in Rancho Santa Margarita, tied the score and freshman Chase Wallin slammed down a block for the lead, 24-25. Then Saint blocked Redondo’s Robert Bennett and it was game over. RUHS was down 2-0 in the best of five at Cerritos College. The third set began. Santa Margarita’s Saint slapped a spike down the middle of Redondo’s court for 6-6. Redondo’s Bennett hit a diagonal kill, 10-9, RUHS trailing. RUHS senior Luke Goldmann then dove to save a rally, before the next ball got pounded off his forearms – he could not have saved it – the ball careening high off the court past the Sea Hawk cheerleaders in the bleachers until it bounced off the…
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