The Oroville Tigers will face off against the Redding Christian Lions at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Oroville has eight straight victories, Redding Christian has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
It was a proper cat-fight when Oroville took on Chico last Wednesday. The Tigers put the hurt on the Panthers with a sharp 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Oroville took every set by at least ten points. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-15, 25-6.
Meanwhile, Redding Christian didn't have quite enough to beat Foothill on Thursday and fell 3-2.
Redding Christian started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 26-28, 12-25, 25-16, 25-20, 15-6.
Redding Christian's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Oroville, their victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-2.
Oroville took their win against Redding Christian when the teams last played back in March by a conclusive 3-0 score. Will the Tigers repeat their success, or do the Lions have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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