The Pacific Ridge Firebirds will head out to face off against the Clairemont Chieftains at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Pacific Ridge is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Patrick Henry as they made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Firebirds.
The final score came out to 25-22, 25-22, 25-16.
Clairemont extended their home winning streak to five games thanks to a huge performance from Gabe Tocco. The Chieftains had just enough and edged out Francis Parker 3-2 thanks in part to Tocco, who had 18 kills and ten blocks. He has been hot for a while, having posted five or more kills the last 31 times he's played.
Clairemont was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (105-99), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 15-25, 25-21, 19-25, 25-22, 15-12.
Pacific Ridge better focus on containing Brady Semanisin and Makoa Miner as the pair were huge in Clairemont's win. Semanisin had nine blocks, while Miner had 19 kills and two blocks. What's more, Semanisin posted four kills, the most he's had since back in March.
The win got Pacific Ridge back to even at 18-18. As for Clairemont, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a nice bump to their 23-10 record this season.
Pacific Ridge couldn't quite get it done against Clairemont when the teams last played back in March as they fell 2-0. Can the Firebirds avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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