On Thursday Colusa will have to hit the road after four straight games at home. They will venture away from home to face off against the East Nicolaus Spartans at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, it was close, but Colusa sidestepped Vacaville Christian for a 3-2 victory.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Colusa who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 23-25, 25-23, 26-28, 15-8.
Colusa's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Olivia Huskey, who had ten digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Colusa 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 seven aces in six consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, East Nicolaus put another one in the bag on Tuesday to keep their perfect season alive. Everything went their way against Winters as East Nicolaus made off with a 3-0 victory.
The win didn't come easy: Winters scored at least 16 points in every set. The final score came out to 25-11, 25-11, 25-16.
East Nicolaus' success was spearheaded by the efforts of Shelby Scoggins, who had 11 digs, and Ashlynn Tagala, who had seven digs and two aces. Tagala is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season.
Colusa pushed their record up to 20-8 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for East Nicolaus, their record is now 22-0.
Colusa suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to East Nicolaus when the teams last played back in September. Can Colusa avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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