Redwood has gone 10-0 against Golden West recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Wednesday. The Redwood Rangers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Golden West Trailblazers at 6:30 p.m. Redwood will be looking to keep their nine-game home win streak alive.
Last Thursday, it was close, but Redwood sidestepped Porterville for a 3-2 victory.
Redwood was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-21, 18-25, 25-18, 15-11.
Redwood relied on the efforts of Avery Bratsch, who had 11 digs and 11 assists, and Angelina Miranda, who had 13 digs, four aces, and a kill. Those four aces gave Miranda a new career-high.
She wasn't the only good server: Redwood was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in seven consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Golden West unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Monday. They fell 3-1 to Porterville. The Trailblazers have struggled against the Panthers recently, as their game on Monday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Golden West started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 22-25, 25-13, 25-18, 25-17.
Redwood has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-8 record this season. As for Golden West, their defeat dropped their record down to 16-13.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Wednesday's matchup: Redwood has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7 aces per game. However, it's not like Golden West struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10.1. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Everything went Redwood's way against Golden West in their previous matchup back in September, as Redwood made off with a 3-0 win. Will Redwood repeat their success, or does Golden West have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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