Volleyball Preview: Temecula Valley Golden Bears vs. Murrieta Valley Nighthawks
The Temecula Valley Golden Bears will head out on the road to face off against the Murrieta Valley Nighthawks at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Temecula Valley sitting on six straight wins and Murrieta Valley on five.
Temecula Valley can't be too worried about heading out to take on Murrieta Valley: they just beat Ontario Christian at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. Temecula Valley walked away with a 3-1 victory over Ontario Christian on Thursday.
The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-15, 24-26, 25-21.
Temecula Valley can attribute much of their success to 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%.
Meanwhile, Murrieta Valley made easy work of Chaparral on Wednesday and carried off a 3-0 win.
Murrieta Valley's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Chaparral between 16 and 19 points across their sets. The final score came out to 25-19, 25-16, 25-18.
Temecula Valley is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-2 record this season. As for Murrieta Valley, they pushed their record up to 19-6 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road.
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