Volleyball Preview: Valor Academy vs. Sun Valley Magnet Pioneers
Valor Academy hasn't had much luck against Sun Valley Magnet recently, but that could start to change on Friday. Valor Academy are taking a road trip to take on the Sun Valley Magnet Pioneers at 3:30 a.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Sun Valley Magnet is hoping to do what Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Valor Academy's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Valor Academy was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology.
Meanwhile, Sun Valley Magnet waltzed into their match on Monday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They put the hurt on the Griffins with a sharp 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Sun Valley Magnet was: they took every set by at least 12 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-8, 25-13, 25-13.
Sun Valley Magnet's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Esmeralda Hernandez, who had ten aces, a kill, and a kill. The dominant performance gave Hernandez a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Nicole Aguilar, who had nine aces and two kills.
She wasn't the only good server: Sun Valley Magnet was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 31 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Valor Academy is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 6-4 record this season. As for Sun Valley Magnet, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-9-1.
Valor Academy suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Sun Valley Magnet in their previous meeting back in August. Can Valor Academy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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