Volleyball Preview: Ceres Bulldogs vs. Pacheco Panthers
Ceres and Pacheco are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2018, but not for long. The Ceres Bulldogs will welcome the Pacheco Panthers at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a three-game winning streak alive.
Last Wednesday, Ceres earned a 3-1 win over Johansen.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-16, 20-25, 25-17.
Meanwhile, Pacheco made easy work of Johansen on Monday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
After all that action, the final score was 25-23, 25-13, 25-21.
Pacheco's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Emma Landeros led the charge by getting eight aces and four digs. The dominant performance gave Landeros a new career-high in aces.
Pacheco was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 14 aces in three consecutive matches.
Ceres' win ended a ten-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 3-3. As for Pacheco, their victory bumped their record up to 5-14.
Ceres came up short against Pacheco in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Ceres avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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