El Cajon Valley is 1-6 against Steele Canyon since September of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The El Cajon Valley Braves will face off against the Steele Canyon Cougars at 6:30 p.m. After both made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Wednesday.
Last Monday, everything went El Cajon Valley's way against Monte Vista as El Cajon Valley made off with a 3-0 win.
El Cajon Valley walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the first set). The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-18, 25-21.
Meanwhile, Steele Canyon waltzed into their match on Monday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They put the hurt on the Foothillers with a sharp 3-0 win.
One reason for the win was Steele Canyon's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-19, 25-18.
Olivia Williams had an outrageously good game as she had nine aces, eight kills, four digs, and a block. Those nine aces gave her a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Maddy Sniff, who had seven digs, three aces, and a kill.
Steele Canyon kept the net locked down and finished the game with 14 blocks. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now had at least five blocks in 23 consecutive matchups.
El Cajon Valley pushed their record up to 13-14 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Steele Canyon, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-13 record this season.
El Cajon Valley might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Steele Canyon when the teams last played back in September. Can El Cajon Valley avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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