The Upland Highlanders/Scots's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Royal Highlanders at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Upland is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over Temecula Prep.
Upland had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-16, 25-12, 25-14.
Upland had a senior duo take command as Addison Contreras had 26 digs, three aces, and two kills and Sydney Ryan had six digs and two aces. Contreras has been hot for a while, having posted 11 or more digs the last ten times she's played.
They weren't the only good server: Upland was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their ace total in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Royal had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Royals 3-2.
Royal was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (106-101), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 16-25, 25-20, 19-25, 25-22, 16-14.
Upland is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-6 record this season. As for Royal, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 19-9.
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