Bethel has been on the road for six straight, but on Monday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Richmond Oilers at 7:00 p.m. After the two teams made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Monday.
Last Wednesday, everything went Bethel's way against El Cerrito as Bethel made off with a 3-0 win.
Bethel never let El Cerrito on the board, but things got pretty close in the 0th set. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-20, 25-21.
Bethel's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Riah Paopao, who had 25 kills and five digs. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: Paopao now had nine or more in the last ten games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Precilla Williams, who had two kills and 31 assists.
Meanwhile, Richmond entered their tilt with Leadership Public Schools Richmond on Friday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They put the hurt on the Pumas with a sharp 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Richmond was: they took every set by at least 12 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-9, 25-11.
Bethel pushed their record up to 11-3 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Richmond, the win got them back to even at 6-6.
Everything went Bethel's way against Richmond in their previous meeting back in August as Bethel made off with a 3-0 victory. Does Bethel have another victory up their sleeve, or will Richmond turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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