Volleyball Preview: East Nicolaus Spartans vs. Pierce Bears
East Nicolaus is on a 19-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Pierce is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The East Nicolaus Spartans will welcome the Pierce Bears at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
On Tuesday, East Nicolaus got the win against Colusa by a conclusive 3-0.
While East Nicolaus won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-22, 25-18.
East Nicolaus found their leader in underclassman Ashlynn Tagala, who had 21 digs, five aces, and five aces. That's the most aces Tagala has posted since back in November of 2023.
East Nicolaus was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 17 consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Pierce made easy work of Paradise on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Pierce was: they took every set by at least 14 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-7, 25-11, 25-8.
East Nicolaus' victory bumped their record up to 17-0. As for Pierce, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season.
East Nicolaus beat Pierce 2-0 in their previous matchup on September 7th. Will East Nicolaus repeat their success, or does Pierce have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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