Volleyball Preview: River Valley Falcons vs. Placer Hillmen
The River Valley Falcons will venture away from home to take on the Placer Hillmen at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. River Valley is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
On Tuesday, River Valley got the win against Del Campo by a conclusive 3-0.
River Valley never let Del Campo on the board, but things got pretty close in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-9, 25-21.
River Valley was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September.
Meanwhile, Placer sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Yuba City on Tuesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Hillmen.
Placer was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (105-102), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-22, 13-25, 24-26, 15-13.
River Valley's record is now 11-20. As for Placer, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a massive bump to their 10-11 record this season.
River Valley might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Placer in their previous matchup on October 1st. Can River Valley avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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