Volleyball Preview: San Leandro Pirates vs. Castro Valley Trojans
San Leandro is 1-9 against Castro Valley since October of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The San Leandro Pirates will stay at home for another game and welcome the Castro Valley Trojans at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Last Thursday, San Leandro got the win against Oakland by a conclusive 3-0.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: San Leandro took every set by at least nine points. The final score came out to 25-16, 25-15, 25-5.
Hanna Normart was the offensive standout of the contest as she had six aces.
She wasn't the only good server: San Leandro was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 15 aces in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Castro Valley made easy work of American on Wednesday and carried off a 3-0 win.
After all that action, the final score was 25-15, 25-18, 25-11.
Courtney Seiji and Niya Guzman were among the main playmakers for Castro Valley as the former had 13 digs and four aces and the latter had three digs and two aces. The dominant performance gave Seiji a new career-high in aces.
San Leandro's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 3-3. As for Castro Valley, their win bumped their record up to 7-5.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's matchup: San Leandro has serving mastered this season, having averaged 12 aces per game. However, it's not like Castro Valley struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.7. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
San Leandro came up short against Castro Valley in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 3-1. Can San Leandro avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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