The University Prep Panthers will take on the Scotts Valley Falcons at 1:00 p.m. on Friday. University Prep will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Last Wednesday, University Prep narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past West Valley 3-2.
University Prep was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 25-17, 21-25, 25-22, 15-12.
University Prep 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 six aces in seven consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Scotts Valley hadn't done well against Soquel recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Everything went Scotts Valley's way against Soquel as Scotts Valley made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Falcons.
Scotts Valley's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Soquel between 18 and 21 points across their sets. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-20, 25-21.
University Prep has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-10 record this season. As for Scotts Valley, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-5.
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