Volleyball Preview: West Vikings vs. East Bakersfield Blades
West is on a three-game streak of home wins, while East Bakersfield is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. It'll be Eastside v. Westside when the West Vikings' and the East Bakersfield Blades meet at 6:15 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are at an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2017, but likely not for long.
West will bounce into Thursday's contest after beating Tehachapi, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. West walked away with a 3-1 victory over Tehachapi on Tuesday.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 14-25, 25-23, 25-20.
Meanwhile, East Bakersfield made easy work of North on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 win.
The final score came out to 25-22, 25-19, 25-23.
Kaylie Demison had a dynamite game for East Bakersfield, getting 23 digs. The team also got some help courtesy of Daianna Delgado, who had five aces.
She wasn't the only good server: East Bakersfield was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September of 2023.
West has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-8 record this season. As for East Bakersfield, their victory bumped their record up to 16-8-1.
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