Murrieta Valley hasn't had much luck against Vista Murrieta recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Murrieta Valley Nighthawks will challenge the Vista Murrieta Broncos at 6:30 p.m. Murrieta Valley is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last eight games.
Murrieta Valley can't be too worried about heading out to take on Vista Murrieta: they just beat Murrieta Mesa at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. Murrieta Valley was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Murrieta Mesa on Monday.
One reason for the win was Murrieta Valley's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-19, 25-18.
Meanwhile, Vista Murrieta didn't have quite enough to beat Great Oak on Monday and fell 3-2. The Broncos have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Vista Murrieta 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 17-25, 23-25, 25-19, 25-23, 15-11.
Murrieta Valley has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-6 record this season. As for Vista Murrieta, their loss dropped their record down to 8-16.
Murrieta Valley skirted past Vista Murrieta 3-2 in their previous meeting back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for Murrieta Valley since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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