The Berkeley Yellowjackets will venture away from home to take on the Castro Valley Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Berkeley sitting on four straight victories and Castro Valley on six.
Berkeley duked it out withAlameda. in a bug-themed battle on Friday. Berkeley walked away with a 3-1 win over Alameda.
The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 12-25, 25-18, 25-17.
Meanwhile, Castro Valley hadn't done well against Alameda recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. Castro Valley put the hurt on Alameda with a sharp 3-0 victory.
One reason for the win was Castro Valley's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 25-22, 25-20.
Castro Valley was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in three consecutive matchups.
Berkeley's win was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 13-7. As for Castro Valley, their victory bumped their record up to 14-8.
Berkeley came up short against Castro Valley when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Berkeley avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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