Volleyball Preview: Clear Lake Cardinals vs. Cloverdale Eagles
Clear Lake and Cloverdale are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2018, but not for long. After both having extra time off, the two teams will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Clear Lake is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.
It was a proper cat-fight when Clear Lake faced off against Upper Lake on Tuesday. Clear Lake fell just short of Upper Lake by a score of 3-2. While the Cardinals didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Cougars 25-19 in the first set.
Clear Lake started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 21-25, 25-20, 25-20, 15-8.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Cloverdale, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Thursday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over St. Helena on Tuesday.
If you add up the scores from across all four sets (95-93) Cloverdale actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 25-23, 27-25, 16-25, 25-22.
Clear Lake's loss dropped their record down to 4-16. As for Cloverdale, they pushed their record up to 15-7 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season.
Clear Lake suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Cloverdale in their previous meeting back in September. Can Clear Lake avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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