Volleyball Preview: Claremont Wolfpack vs. Diamond Bar Brahmas
Claremont has gone 7-2 against Diamond Bar recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Claremont Wolfpack will face off against the Diamond Bar Brahmas at 5:30 p.m. Claremont is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses.
Last Thursday, Claremont earned a 3-1 victory over Ayala.
Claremont had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 22-25, 27-25, 25-17, 25-14.
Claremont's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Claire Urban, who had seven digs and 25 assists, and Riley Frandson, who had 11 digs and two aces. That's the most aces Frandson has posted since back in August.
Claremont was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Diamond Bar didn't have quite enough to beat Walnut on Thursday and fell 3-2.
Diamond Bar took Walnut into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 22-25, 22-25, 25-22, 15-13.
Diamond Bar might have lost, but man, Jourdyn Ozeta Banks was a machine: she had 29 digs. Ozeta Banks is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 19 or more in the last nine games she's played dating back to last season.
Claremont's win bumped their record up to 9-16-1. As for Diamond Bar, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-11.
Claremont came up short against Diamond Bar when the teams last played back in September, falling 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Ozeta Banks, who had 19 digs and two aces. Now that Claremont knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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