Volleyball Game Preview: Colusa RedHawks vs. Bear River Bruins

By Team Reports Nov 14, 2024, 2:21am

Volleyball Preview: Colusa RedHawks vs. Bear River Bruins

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The Colusa RedHawks will face off against the Bear River Bruins at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

Colusa is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Bret Harte with a sharp 3-0 win.

Colusa was especially dominant in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-21, 25-15.

Colusa had a senior duo take command as Abril Guzman had 16 digs and Olivia Huskey had six digs and three aces. That's the most aces Huskey has posted since back in October.

They weren't the only good server: Colusa was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 13 consecutive matches.

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Bear River, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Skyline on Tuesday.

Bear River never let Skyline on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-12, 25-22.

Bear River pushed their record up to 33-4 with the victory, which was their 26th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Colusa, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 23-12 record this season.

Colusa might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Bear River when the teams last played back in August of 2021. Can Colusa avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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