University Prep Value is on a nine-game streak of home wins, while USC Hybrid is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Wolves will host the Trojans at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. University Prep Value will be strutting in after a victory while USC Hybrid will be coming in after a loss.
Fans were treated to a battle of the Wolves on Monday. University Prep Value blew past Los Angeles Academy of Arts & Enterprise 3-0.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: University Prep Value took every set by at least ten points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-4, 25-8, 25-15.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, USC Hybrid's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Gertz-Ressler. The home team had taken home the W every time these teams have met since September 27, 2023, but that streak is no more.
USC Hybrid was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Gertz-Ressler work for it, especially in the third set. The final score came out to 25-23, 25-27, 27-25, 25-19.
University Prep Value will have to keep a close watch on Areeana Cortez Ruiz and Marsela Leiva, a pair of players who had a big impact on USC Hybrid's prior game. Cortez Ruiz had 11 digs and one block, while Leiva had ten digs and three aces.
University Prep Value's win bumped their record up to 16-5. As for USC Hybrid, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-5.
Everything went University Prep Value's way against USC Hybrid in their previous matchup back in September, as University Prep Value made off with a 3-0 victory. Do the Wolves have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Trojans turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
