The Chowchilla Tribe will venture away from home to face off against the Liberty Hawks at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Chowchilla is coming into the contest hot, having won their last five games.
Last Wednesday, everything went Chowchilla's way against Riverdale as Chowchilla made off with a 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Chowchilla took every set by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-13, 25-5.
Tasha Dickey and Kaylynne Haynes were among the main playmakers for Chowchilla as the former had ten aces and the latter had five aces and 16 assists. The dominant performance gave Dickey a new career-high in aces.
Chowchilla was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 26 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in ten consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Liberty hadn't done well against Minarets recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Liberty came out on top in a nail-biter against Minarets , sneaking past 3-2.
Liberty took Minarets into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-14, 21-25, 18-25, 15-11.
Chowchilla pushed their record up to 16-6 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Liberty, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8-1 record this season.
Chowchilla beat Liberty 3-1 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Does Chowchilla have another victory up their sleeve, or will Liberty turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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