Volleyball Game Preview: Valencia Jaguars vs. Valley Vikings

By Team Reports Sep 25, 2024, 10:52am

Volleyball Preview: Valencia Jaguars vs. Valley Vikings

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The Valencia Jaguars will head out on the road to square off against the Valley Vikings at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.

Valencia will head out to face Valley after giving up their first home loss of the season on Saturday. Valencia fell just short of Santa Teresa by a score of 3-2.

Valencia couldn't get the win, but they sure gave Santa Teresa a tough time in the third set. The final score came out to 25-14, 19-25, 31-33, 27-25, 18-16.

Despite the loss, Valencia saw an underclassman step up: Christelle Pacheco had 14 digs and five aces. That's the most aces Pacheco has posted in her last nine matchups.

Meanwhile, Valley entered their tilt with Atrisco Heritage Academy on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They put the hurt on the Jaguars with a sharp 3-0 victory.

The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Valley was: they took every set by at least ten points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-15, 25-12.

Valencia's defeat dropped their record down to 5-4. As for Valley, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season.

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