The Merced Bears will venture away from home to challenge the El Capitan Gauchos at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a four-game winning streak alive.
Last Thursday, Merced earned a 3-1 win over Buhach Colony.
Merced had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 12-25, 25-18, 25-21, 26-24.
Meanwhile, El Capitan made easy work of Los Banos on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant El Capitan was: they took every set by at least 11 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-9, 25-14, 25-11.
El Capitan pushed their record up to 28-11 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Merced, their record is now 17-11.
Merced suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to El Capitan in their previous matchup back in March. Can the Bears avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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