Redwood has gone 9-1 against Monache recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Redwood Rangers will challenge the Monache Marauders at 6:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Redwood has seven straight victories, Monache has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Redwood can't be too worried about heading out to take on Monache: they just beat Porterville at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. Redwood won by a set and slipped past Porterville 3-2.
Redwood took Porterville into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-21, 18-25, 25-18, 15-11.
Redwood's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Avery Bratsch, who had 11 digs and 11 assists, and Angelina Miranda, who had 13 digs, four aces, and a kill. Miranda has been hot recently, having posted 11 or more digs the last nine times she's played.
Redwood was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. They are a perfect 5-0 when they serve at least ten aces.
Meanwhile, Monache came up short against El Diamante on Thursday, falling 3-0.
The final score came out to 25-17, 25-15, 25-17.
Redwood has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 22-8 record this season. As for Monache, their loss dropped their record down to 6-19.
Everything went Redwood's way against Monache in their previous matchup back in September, as Redwood made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Redwood 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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