The Whitney Wildcats will head out on the road to face off against the Western Pioneers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Whitney is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Oxford Academy just ended the team's six-game winning streak on Tuesday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Patriots.
The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 23-25, 25-21, 25-14.
Meanwhile, Western entered their tilt with Saddleback on Tuesday with 13 consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with 14. They were the clear victors by a 3-0 margin over the Roadrunners.
One reason for the win was Western'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 25-16, 25-11, 25-8.
Whitney better focus on containing Byron Miranda and Nathaniel Dumangas as the pair were huge in Western's win. Miranda had 33 digs and two assists, while Dumangas had 16 assists and seven digs. That's the most digs Miranda has posted over his last seven matches.
Whitney's defeat dropped their record down to 14-13. As for Western, they pushed their record up to 16-1 with the victory, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Whitney might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Western in their previous matchup back in February of 2024. Can the Wildcats avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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