Volleyball Preview: Oakwood Hawks vs. Pajaro Valley Grizzlies
The Oakwood Hawks's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Pajaro Valley Grizzlies at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Oakwood will be strutting in after a victory while Pajaro Valley will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Friday, Oakwood got the win against Monterey Bay Academy by a conclusive 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-21, 25-14.
Oakwood's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Nalani Goulart, who had 16 digs and four aces. Goulart has been hot recently, having posted ten or more digs the last eight times she's played. Isabelle Anderson was another key player, getting seven kills, five digs, and five aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Oakwood was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in ten consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, after a string of five wins, Pajaro Valley's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They lost 3-0 to Watsonville. The Grizzlies haven't had much luck with the Wildcatz recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
While Pajaro Valley was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Watsonville's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-17, 25-23.
Oakwood's victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-3. As for Pajaro Valley, their loss ended a seven-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-9.
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