SANTA MONICA (March 9, 2025) – The Morningside Monarchs, based in Inglewood, California, will drive north on the 405, then head west on the 10 Freeway, on Tuesday to play against the Santa Monica Vikings.
According to Max Preps, if you can believe the AI generated and scraped info, the Monarchs come into Tuesday’s game with only two pre-league warm-ups. Last month, Morningside beat both Jefferson and Animo Leadership in three sets.
But the Monarchs will have their work cut out for them when they face the Vikings.
Despite a loss on Thursday to the El Segundo Eagles, the Santa Monica Vikings have been playing well.
Jaffa, the Setter, has been connecting will with his Middles: Beekman and Heller. His sets have been speeding up and the timing with the blocker is getting a lot better. Both Beekman and Heller are over 6’2″ and can easily get above the net in order to make powerful kills.
Kapen, the team’s Libero, has tapped into his position and is passing the ball well to his Setter and the Outside Hitters. He is playing great defense and we expect him to handle anything the Monarchs send his way.
The Outside Hitters are serving, defending, passing, and making the kills for the important points. In Thursday’s game, Hughes has an estimated 17 kills against El Segundo while Saunders had 12 beautiful kills that really helped the team.
Badr had several impressive blocks against each of the Pilkvist twins that made the crowd “aah” and “ooh” in awe of his defensive prowess.
Tang – who has the most positive attitude and who rotates in as Outside Hitter to serve, aced several important serves. He also picked up several balls that kept the game alive.
We will live stream the game between Morningside and Santa Monica here on 3rdstreet.tv.
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