Volleyball Preview: Amador Valley Dons vs. Carondelet Cougars
Amador Valley has been on the road for six straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Carondelet Cougars at 6:30 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Saturday, Amador Valley sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over St. Francis.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Amador Valley who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 23-25, 15-6.
Meanwhile, Carondelet came tearing into Thursday's match with five straight wins and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Cowboys as they made off with a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Carondelet was: they took every set by at least 11 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 25-13, 25-14.
Carondelet's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Isabella Vertudez led the charge by getting three digs and two aces. Vertudez is also on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 12 or more in the last eight games she's played dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Madeline Lopoz, who had five digs and 16 assists.
Carondelet couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 44.7% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 28.6% earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 35.3%.
Amador Valley is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a massive bump to their 16-8 record this season. As for Carondelet, they pushed their record up to 17-4 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Everything went Amador Valley's way against Carondelet when the teams last played back in September of 2023, as Amador Valley made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Amador Valley repeat their success, or does Carondelet have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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