Foothill is on a seven-game streak of home wins, while Amador Valley is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Foothill Falcons will welcome the Amador Valley Dons at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, Foothill made easy work of Livermore and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Foothill took every set by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-11, 25-9.
Foothill found their leader in underclassman Olivia So, who had ten digs and three aces. So is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last four games she's played.
Foothill couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 48.8% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 27.6% earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 36.1%.
Meanwhile, Amador Valley hadn't done well against San Ramon Valley recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Amador Valley had just enough and edged San Ramon Valley out 3-2.
Amador Valley was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (110-107), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 15-25, 22-25, 25-19, 30-28, 15-13.
Foothill is on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 19 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-8 record this season. As for Amador Valley, their win bumped their record up to 20-8.
Everything went Foothill's way against Amador Valley when the teams last played back in September, as Foothill made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Foothill repeat their success, or does Amador Valley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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