Bishop Diego Cardinals soar into CIF-SS Division 5 volleyball final

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - The Bishop Diego Cardinals will have a chance to add a CIF-Southern Section Championship to their record-breaking season.

John Michael Flint led the Cardinals with 20 kills and fellow senior Damien Krautmann added 17 kills as the Cardinals defeated El Dorado in four sets (22-25, 25, 25-17, 25-20, 25-22) in a home CIF-SS Division 5 semifinal.

The Cardinals has a program-record 27 wins against just 8 losses and will meet St. Anthony for the D5 championship on Friday, May 15th at a site to be determined this Monday.

After losing the first set the Cardinals really turned up their defense and ended up with 11 blocks for points.

Flint, Krautmann, Tyler Roberts, and Kingston Buston all had 2 blocks.

(Krautmann (2) and Roberts (1) cutoff the Golden Hawks attack. Entenza Design).

Krautmann had the match-clinching ace to send the Cardinals to the finals.