Volleyball Preview: Big Valley Cardinals vs. Hayfork Timberjacks
Big Valley has gone 8-2 against Hayfork recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Big Valley Cardinals will be playing at home against the Hayfork Timberjacks at 5:30 p.m.
Big Valley is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Tulelake just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Wednesday. They lost 3-0 to the Honkers. The loss was the Cardinals' first of the season.
Meanwhile, everything went Hayfork's way against Surprise Valley on Saturday as Hayfork made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Timberjacks.
The win didn't come easy: Surprise Valley scored at least 16 points in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-12, 25-16.
Hayfork's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Sophia Nanez, who had six aces, and Lydia Yarbrough, who had a kill and 12 assists. The dominant performance gave Nanez a new career-high in aces.
Hayfork was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 24 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 11 consecutive games.
Having lost for the first time this season, Big Valley fell to 3-1. As for Hayfork, they now have a winning record of 6-5.
Everything went Big Valley's way against Hayfork in their previous meeting back in October of 2022, as Big Valley made off with a 3-0 victory. Does Big Valley have another victory up their sleeve, or will Hayfork turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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