Volleyball Preview: Oceanside Pirates vs. Valley Center Jaguars
Oceanside and Valley Center are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2018, but not for long. The Oceanside Pirates will face off against the Valley Center Jaguars at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Oceanside will be strutting in after a victory while Valley Center will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Saturday, Oceanside sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over West Covina.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Oceanside got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 22-25, 15-8.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Valley Center's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Escondido. The loss continues a trend for the Jaguars in their matchups with the Cougars: they've now lost four in a row.
Valley Center started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 21-25, 27-25, 26-24, 25-17.
Valley Center's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Grace Kraning, who had 23 digs and a block, and Grace Hawranik, who had 29 digs. Kraning is also on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 16 or more in the last 16 games she's played dating back to last season.
Even though they lost, Valley Center kept the net locked down and finished the game with 12 blocks. That's the most blocks they've posted in their last seven games.
Oceanside is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season. As for Valley Center, their loss dropped their record down to 13-3.
Oceanside came out on top in a nail-biter against Valley Center when the teams last played two weeks ago, sneaking past 2-1. Does Oceanside have another victory up their sleeve, or will Valley Center turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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