Volleyball Game Preview: Central Valley Cougars vs. Riverside Chargers

By Team Reports Oct 18, 2024, 1:13am

Volleyball Preview: Central Valley Cougars vs. Riverside Chargers

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Central Valley has gone 10-0 against Riverside recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The Central Valley Cougars will take on the Riverside Chargers at 10:00 a.m. After both made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Saturday.

It was a proper cat-fight when Central Valley challenged Palmer on Thursday. Everything went Central Valley's way against Palmer as Central Valley made off with a 3-0 victory. The win was nothing new for the Cougars as they're now sitting on three straight.

The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Central Valley was: they took every set by at least 11 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-13, 25-14.

Meanwhile, Riverside hadn't done well against Burwell recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Riverside was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Burwell. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Chargers have posted since August 29th.

Riverside never let Burwell on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-22, 25-14.

Central Valley pushed their record up to 21-6 with the win, which was their 14th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Riverside, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a massive bump to their 17-8 record this season.

Central Valley was able to grind out a solid victory over Riverside in their previous matchup back in September, winning 2-0. Will Central Valley repeat their success, or does Riverside have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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