The Yuba City Honkers will head out to square off against the Nevada Union Miners at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Yuba City is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Placer just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Hillmen by a score of 3-2.
Yuba City actually scored more points across those five sets (105-102), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-22, 13-25, 24-26, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Nevada Union sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Heritage on Saturday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Miners.
Nevada Union had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 16-25, 25-17, 15-8.
Yuba City now has a losing record at 11-12. As for Nevada Union, their victory bumped their record up to 14-22.
Yuba City came out on top in a nail-biter against Nevada Union when the teams last played on October 1st, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Yuba City since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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