The Sage Creek Bobcats will venture away from home to face off against Mission Vista at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Mission Vista is hoping to do what Vista couldn't on Wednesday: put an end to Sage Creek's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Everything went Sage Creek's way against Vista as Sage Creek made off with a 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Sage Creek took every set by at least 11 points. The final score came out to 25-14, 25-9, 25-10.
Meanwhile, Mission Vista had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. They blew past the Broncos 3-0. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory Mission Vista has posted against Rancho Bernardo since September 27, 2016.
While Mission Vista won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-22, 25-21.
Mission Vista can attribute much of their success to Claire Liepa, who had 12 digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Mission Vista was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in four consecutive contests.
Sage Creek's record now sits at 25-11. As for Mission Vista, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 22-11 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's match: Sage Creek hasn't let much over the net this season, having averaged 5.1 blocks per game. It's a different story for Mission Vista, though, as they've been averaging only 1.4. Given Sage Creek's sizable advantage in that area, Mission Vista will need to find a way to close that gap.
Sage Creek came up short against Mission Vista when the teams last played on October 2nd, falling 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Liepa, who had 23 digs and ten assists. Now that Sage Creek knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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