The Sandy Pioneers will take on the La Salle Falcons at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Thursday, Sandy didn't have quite enough to beat Central Catholic and fell 3-2.
Meanwhile, La Salle came up short against Milwaukie/Milwaukie Academy of the Arts on Wednesday and fell 3-1.
La Salle took a 1-1 lead headed into the third set, but sadly they lost the next two. The final score came out to 25-17, 20-25, 25-20, 25-18.
Gracie Roca put forth a good effort for the losing side as she had 11 digs and two aces. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces.
Even though they lost, La Salle was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in five consecutive matches.
Sandy's loss dropped their record down to 4-2. As for La Salle, their defeat was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 4-7.
Sandy was able to grind out a solid win over La Salle in their previous meeting back in October of 2019, winning 2-0. Will Sandy repeat their success, or does La Salle have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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