Volleyball Preview: El Diamante Miners vs. Redwood Rangers
El Diamante hasn't had much luck against Redwood recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The El Diamante Miners will square off against the Redwood Rangers at 6:30 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
El Diamante took a loss when they played away from home on Wednesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They put the hurt on Mt. Whitney with a sharp 3-0 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Miners have posted against the Pioneers since October 12, 2022.
El Diamante never let Mt. Whitney on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-15, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Redwood entered their tilt with Golden West on Wednesday with eight consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with nine. Everything went their way against the Trailblazers as they made off with a 3-0 win.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-9, 25-14, 25-18.
Redwood relied on the efforts of Journey Vela, who had ten digs, and Angelina Miranda, who had 11 digs. Miranda is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last 11 games she's played.
El Diamante's victory bumped their record up to 19-7. As for Redwood, they pushed their record up to 24-8 with the win, which was their tenth straight at home.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's matchup: El Diamante has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 9.6 aces per game. However, it's not like Redwood struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
El Diamante suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Redwood in their previous meeting on October 2nd. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Miranda, who had 21 digs and two aces. Now that El Diamante knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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