Volleyball Preview: Murrieta Valley Nighthawks vs. Temecula Valley Golden Bears
Murrieta Valley is on a six-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Temecula Valley is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Murrieta Valley Nighthawks will welcome the Temecula Valley Golden Bears at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Wednesday, everything went Murrieta Valley's way against Chaparral as Murrieta Valley made off with a 3-0 victory.
Murrieta Valley's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Chaparral between 16 and 19 points across their sets. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-16, 25-18.
Meanwhile, Temecula Valley was able to grind out a solid win over Ontario Christian on Thursday, taking the game 3-1.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-15, 24-26, 25-21.
Temecula Valley's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Stephanie Gonzalez, who had 23 assists, and Brooklyn Pierce, who had 20 assists.
Temecula Valley couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 69.2% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 0% earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 76.5%.
Murrieta Valley has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 17 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-6 record this season. As for Temecula Valley, their victory bumped their record up to 11-2.
Murrieta Valley skirted past Temecula Valley 3-2 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Does Murrieta Valley have another victory up their sleeve, or will Temecula Valley turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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