Volleyball Preview: Tehachapi Warriors vs. Foothill Trojans
After five games on the road, Tehachapi is heading back home. They will welcome the Foothill Trojans at 6:15 p.m. on Thursday.
Last Saturday, Tehachapi didn't have quite enough to beat Bishop Union and fell 2-1.
Tehachapi took a 1-0 lead headed into the second set, but sadly they lost the next two. After all that action, the final score was 21-25, 25-22, 15-10.
Meanwhile, Foothill posted their biggest win since October 9, 2023 last Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over South. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Trojans.
The final score came out to 25-14, 25-18, 25-13.
Foothill's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Jassive Chavez, who had ten digs and two aces. The dominant performance gave Chavez a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Celeste Huizar, who had seven digs and three aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Foothill was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 10.8.
Tehachapi's defeat dropped their record down to 6-10-1. As for Foothill, their victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-14-1.
Tehachapi beat Foothill 2-0 in their previous matchup back in September of 2022. Will Tehachapi repeat their success, or does Foothill have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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