Yucaipa has won three straight games at home, while Beaumont has won three straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Thursday. The Yucaipa Thunderbirds will host the Beaumont Cougars at 5:30 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Yucaipa had to skate by with only a one-set margin when they last took the court, which might have inspired the three-set drubbing they dealt Citrus Valley on Tuesday. Yucaipa blew past Citrus Valley 3-0. The Thunderbirds not only won on Tuesday, but they posted their biggest win since February 27th.
Yucaipa never let Citrus Valley on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-12, 25-23.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Tuesday Beaumont sidestepped Cajon for a 3-2 victory.
Beaumont was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 21-25, 20-25, 25-21, 15-12.
Yucaipa is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups. That's provided a massive bump to their 8-4 record this season. Beaumont's win bumped their record up to 10-3.
Everything went Yucaipa's way against Beaumont in their previous meeting back in March of 2024, as Yucaipa made off with a 3-0 victory. Does Yucaipa have another victory up their sleeve, or will Beaumont turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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