The Murrieta Valley Nighthawks will square off against the Orange Lutheran Lancers at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Murrieta Valley is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against West Ranch , sneaking past 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Nighthawks.
Murrieta Valley wouldn't go down easily and took West Ranch into a fifth set where they got it done with a six-point win. The final score came out to 21-25, 25-21, 25-17, 18-25, 15-9.
Orange Lutheran extended their winning streak to four games thanks to a huge performance from Kenzie Houston. Orange Lutheran blew past Thousand Oaks 3-0 on Saturday thanks in part to Houston, who had five digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces.
The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-22, 26-24.
Murrieta Valley has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 26-7 record this season. As for Orange Lutheran, their victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 28-12.
Murrieta Valley came up short against Orange Lutheran when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Murrieta Valley avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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