If Clovis East was feeling good fresh off their 3-0 takedown of Marin Academy last Saturday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Clovis East Timberwolves fell 3-1 to the Clovis Cougars on Tuesday. The Timberwolves have struggled against the Cougars recently, as their game on Tuesday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Clovis East started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-12, 28-26, 25-18.
Clovis East lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Keniah Verduzco, who had seven digs, four aces, and a kill. Those four aces gave Verduzco a new career-high. Madelyn Feramisco was another key player, getting 14 digs, eight kills, four aces, and a block.
She wasn't the only good server: Clovis East was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Clovis was led to victory by Jocelyn Yang and Lindsey Schneider. Yang had 22 digs, while Schneider had 16 digs. Yang is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 13 or more in the last eight games she's played dating back to last season.
The loss snapped Clovis East's winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 13-15 record. As for Clovis, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-8 record this season.
Clovis East will look to defend their home court on Thursday against Central at 6:30 p.m. Clovis East is facing Central at the right time seeing as Central is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Clovis, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Clovis West at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Clovis is on a three-game streak of home wins, Clovis West a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court.
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