Castro Valley is 9-1 against San Leandro since October of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Castro Valley Trojans will head out on the road to face off against the San Leandro Pirates at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Castro Valley took a loss when they played away from home on Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Wednesday. They blew past American 3-0.
After all that action, the final score was 25-15, 25-18, 25-11.
Castro Valley's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Courtney Seiji, who had 13 digs and four aces, and Niya Guzman, who had three digs and two aces. The dominant performance gave Seiji a new career-high in aces.
Meanwhile, San Leandro waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Wildcats.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant San Leandro was: they took every set by at least nine points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-15, 25-5.
Among those leading the charge was Hanna Normart, who had six aces.
She wasn't the only good server: San Leandro was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 15 aces in three consecutive games.
Castro Valley's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-5. As for San Leandro, the victory also got them back to even at 3-3.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's contest: Castro Valley has serving mastered this season, having averaged 8.7 aces per game. However, it's not like San Leandro struggles in that department as they've been averaging 12. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Castro Valley was able to grind out a solid win over San Leandro in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, winning 3-1. Does Castro Valley have another victory up their sleeve, or will San Leandro turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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