Volleyball Preview: San Leandro Pirates vs. Hayward Farmers
San Leandro has been away from home for seven games now, but on Wednesday they'll finally make their return. They will host the Hayward Farmers at 5:45 p.m. Hayward took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on San Leandro, who comes in off a win.
San Leandro and Tennyson met for a duel on Monday where San Leandro came out on top. San Leandro was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Tennyson.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant San Leandro was: they took every set by at least 13 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-2, 25-8.
San Leandro can attribute much of their success to Kaye Leann Payopay, who had seven digs and six aces. The dominant performance gave Payopay a new career-high in aces.
San Leandro was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 25 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Hayward was not able to break out of their rough patch two weeks ago as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat dating back to last season. They lost 3-0 to Mt. Eden.
The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-20, 25-19.
San Leandro has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a massive bump to their 12-10 record this season. As for Hayward, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.
Everything went San Leandro's way against Hayward in their previous meeting back in September, as San Leandro made off with a 3-0 win. Will San Leandro repeat their success, or does Hayward have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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