Volleyball Preview: Golden West Trailblazers vs. El Diamante Miners
The Golden West Trailblazers are taking a road trip to face off against the El Diamante Miners at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. El Diamante took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Golden West, who comes in off a win.
Golden West took a loss when they played away from home last Wednesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged Monache out 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (105-102) Golden West actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-18, 26-24, 13-25, 15-13.
Golden West was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September.
Meanwhile, El Diamante came up short against Redwood on Tuesday, falling 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-19, 25-14.
Golden West's win bumped their record up to 17-14. As for El Diamante, they dropped their record down to 19-8 with the defeat, which was their third straight on the road.
Golden West came out on top in a nail-biter against El Diamante in their previous meeting on October 8th, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Golden West since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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