Volleyball Preview: Chaparral Pumas vs. Murrieta Valley Nighthawks
Chaparral and Murrieta Valley are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2018, but not for long. The Chaparral Pumas will square off against the Murrieta Valley Nighthawks at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Chaparral took a loss when they played away from home on Monday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Wednesday. They had just enough and edged Great Oak out 3-2.
Chaparral wouldn't go down easily and took Great Oak into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 20-25, 20-25, 25-15, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Murrieta Valley came tearing into Wednesday's matchup with eight straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Broncos by a score of 3-1.
Murrieta Valley had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 18-25, 25-20, 25-16, 27-25.
Chaparral pushed their record up to 15-12 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Murrieta Valley, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 23-6 record this season.
Chaparral might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Murrieta Valley when the teams last played back in September. Can Chaparral avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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