San Joaquin Memorial is on a eight-game streak of home wins, while Lemoore is on a seven-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Panthers takes on the Lemoore Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
San Joaquin Memorial is headed into the matchup having just posted their biggest win since October 9th on Thursday. They blew past Justin Garza 3-0.
San Joaquin Memorial walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the second set). The final score came out to 25-20, 25-11, 25-21.
Cashlin Cuadros was the offensive standout of the game as she had 11 digs.
San Joaquin Memorial was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, everything went Lemoore's way against Hanford on Wednesday as Lemoore made off with a 3-0 win.
Lemoore's got stronger as the match went on, holding Hanford to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 25-23, 25-20.
Lemoore can attribute much of their success to Gabriela Leon, who had nine digs.
San Joaquin Memorial's victory bumped their record up to 23-13. As for Lemoore, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-7 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's matchup: San Joaquin Memorial has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 9.4 aces per game. However, it's not like Lemoore struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10.8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
San Joaquin Memorial was able to grind out a solid win over Lemoore in their previous matchup back in August, winning 3-1. Will San Joaquin Memorial repeat their success, or does Lemoore have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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