Volleyball Preview: Arvin Bears vs. Golden Valley Bulldogs
The Arvin Bears will square off against the Golden Valley Bulldogs at 6:15 p.m. on Thursday.
Arvin is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering North just ended the team's seven-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Stars by a score of 3-2.
Arvin actually scored more points across those five sets (104-100), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 25-18, 13-25, 22-25, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Golden Valley waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Lions.
Golden Valley never let Mira Monte on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-10, 26-24.
Golden Valley relied on the efforts of Aubrey Garza, who had nine aces, six digs, and a block, and Sofia Amaya, who had 16 digs. The dominant performance gave Garza a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Aileen Lopez, who had seven digs and a kill.
Golden Valley was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in ten consecutive games.
Arvin's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-14-2. As for Golden Valley, they pushed their record up to 10-20-2 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
Arvin took their victory against Golden Valley in their previous meeting on October 1st by a conclusive 3-0. Will Arvin repeat their success, or does Golden Valley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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