Barring a sudden change in health, the Padres will be pulling up a junior varsity setter tonight to help run the offense against reigning two-time Gabilan Division champion San Benito.
The Padres, one of two teams still undefeated in the Gabilan, lost one of their two setters in a five-set win over Notre Dame on Tuesday to concussion symptoms after she collided with the other setter.
Both were injured, with Emma Crabbe suffering a swollen wrist. Crabbe, however, was able to finish the match, recording a season high 50 assists as Carmel rallied to win the last two sets.
San Benito's lone league loss was in five sets to Salinas. Replacing four all-league starters has been a work in progress.
Even if Carmel keeps a two-set offense, Crabbe will likely get a majority of the passes, where she'll feed the likes of Soana Laolotu and Karoline Ruiz.
Laolotu is coming off a 20 kill, 16 dig effort while Ruiz compiled a career high 16 kills. Defensive specialist Kristin Cardinalli has stepped up and solidified the back row in big moments.
The two teams met twice last year in non-league play with San Benito posting a five-set win and a three-set nailbitter in a tournament.
John Devine has been writing about high school sports in Monterey County since, well, practically since he was an athlete at King City in the days just after leather helmets. In PrepNation, John has even more in-depth analysis of the latest results and news he's brought to you in The Herald and in his weekly videos.
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