Valor Academy is 0-10 against Sun Valley Magnet since September of 2018 but things could change on Friday. Valor Academy will head out to take on the Sun Valley Magnet Pioneers at 3:30 a.m. After both made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Friday.
Sun Valley Magnet is hoping to do what Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Valor Academy's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Valor Academy put the hurt on Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology with a sharp 3-0 victory.
Meanwhile, Sun Valley Magnet had already won four in a row and they went ahead and made it five on Monday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Griffins.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Sun Valley Magnet took every set by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-13, 25-13.
Sun Valley Magnet's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Esmeralda Hernandez, who had ten aces, a kill, and a kill. The dominant performance gave Hernandez a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Nicole Aguilar, who had nine aces and two kills.
She wasn't the only good server: Sun Valley Magnet was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 31 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Valor Academy has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 6-4 record this season. As for Sun Valley Magnet, they pushed their record up to 7-9-1 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
Valor Academy might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Sun Valley Magnet in their previous meeting back in August. Can Valor Academy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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