Sierra Canyon and Marymount are an even 5-5 against one another since August of 2016, but not for long. The Sierra Canyon Trailblazers will look to defend their home court on Thursday against the Marymount Sailors at 5:30 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Tuesday, everything went Sierra Canyon's way against Notre Dame Academy as Sierra Canyon made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Trailblazers.
While Sierra Canyon won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-15, 25-23.
Sierra Canyon got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Madeleine Zaragoza out in front who had eight digs and five aces. That's the most aces Zaragoza has posted since back in August. The team also got some help courtesy of Olive Shum, who had nine digs and 15 assists.
Meanwhile, Marymount entered their tilt with Bishop Alemany on Tuesday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They blew past the Warriors 3-0. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Sailors have posted since September 17th.
Sierra Canyon is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 27-3 record this season. As for Marymount, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 28-5.
Sierra Canyon came out on top in a nail-biter against Marymount in their previous meeting back in September, sneaking past 3-2. Will Sierra Canyon repeat their success, or does Marymount have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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