The Taft Wildcats will head out to square off against the East Bakersfield Blades at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Taft is no doubt hoping to put an end to a ten-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
It was a proper cat-fight when Taft faced off against Delano on Tuesday. Taft fell 3-1 to Delano.
While Taft ultimately came up short, they really made Delano work, particularly in the fourth set. The final score came out to 25-22, 25-13, 25-27, 26-24.
Taft might have lost, but man, Jaycee Edgar was a machine: she had 31 digs.
Meanwhile, East Bakersfield got the win against Del Oro on Thursday by a conclusive 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant East Bakersfield was: they took every set by at least 14 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-4, 25-6, 25-11.
East Bakersfield got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Kaylie Demison out in front who had seven digs and five aces. Those five aces gave Demison a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Emma Baltazar, who had four digs and three aces.
East Bakersfield was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in four consecutive contests.
Taft's loss dropped their record down to 12-16-4. As for East Bakersfield, their win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 19-12-1.
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