Murrieta Valley has gone 8-2 against Great Oak recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Wednesday. The Murrieta Valley Nighthawks will be playing at home against the Great Oak Wolfpack at 6:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Murrieta Valley has six straight wins, Great Oak has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Murrieta Valley is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of California's top teams: Temecula Valley, who was ranked 14th in their home state at the time (Murrieta Valley was ranked 16th). Murrieta Valley narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Temecula Valley 3-2.
Murrieta Valley was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 20-25, 25-23, 19-25, 25-12, 18-16.
Meanwhile, Great Oak lost 3-0 to Murrieta Mesa on Monday.
Great Oak was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Murrieta Mesa work for it, especially in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 25-17, 25-22.
Murrieta Valley is on a roll lately: they've won 16 of their last 18 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-6 record this season. As for Great Oak, their loss dropped their record down to 14-7.
Everything went Murrieta Valley's way against Great Oak in their previous matchup back in September, as Murrieta Valley made off with a 3-0 win. Will Murrieta Valley repeat their success, or does Great Oak have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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