Clovis and Clovis East are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2021, but not for long. The Clovis Cougars will challenge the Clovis East Timberwolves at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Clovis has three straight wins, Clovis East has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Clovis will bounce into Thursday's match after beating Clovis North, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Clovis walked away with a 3-1 victory over Clovis North on Tuesday.
The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-21, 19-25, 25-20.
Clovis can attribute much of their success to Jocelyn Yang, who had 17 digs and two aces. Yang is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Clovis East came up short against Clovis West on Tuesday and fell 3-1. While the Timberwolves didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Golden Eagles 26-24 in the first set.
Clovis East started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 24-26, 25-19, 25-15, 25-15.
Clovis East's loss came about despite a quality game from Amber Latimer, who had four digs and 25 assists.
Clovis' win bumped their record up to 23-9. As for Clovis East, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-19.
Clovis was able to grind out a solid victory over Clovis East in their previous matchup on October 1st, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Clovis since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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