East Valley has gone 8-2 against Fulton recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The East Valley Falcons will host the Fulton Jaguars at 3:30 p.m. East Valley is coming into the contest hot, having won their last three games.
On Monday, East Valley was able to grind out a solid victory over Northridge Academy, taking the game 3-1.
East Valley was staring down a 1-0 deficit headed into the second set, but they rallied to take the next three for the win. After all that action, the final score was 13-25, 25-23, 25-21, 25-17.
East Valley was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in seven consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Fulton didn't have done well against Sherman Oaks CES recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. Fulton won by a set and slipped past Sherman Oaks CES 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Jaguars.
Fulton took Sherman Oaks CES into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 25-13, 25-21, 14-25, 15-11.
The win got East Valley back to even at 4-4. As for Fulton, they pushed their record up to 5-3 with that victory, which was their third straight at home.
East Valley came up short against Fulton when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 3-1. Can East Valley avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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