Hug hasn't had much luck against Truckee recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Hug Hawks will venture away from home to challenge the Truckee Wolverines at 6:00 p.m.
Hug is headed into Wednesday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Tuesday. They fell 3-1 to North Valleys.
Hug was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made North Valleys work for it, especially in the fourth set. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 21-25, 25-19, 26-24.
Meanwhile, Truckee got the win against Sparks on Monday by a conclusive 3-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wolverines.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Truckee was: they took every set by at least 15 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-10, 25-8, 25-10.
Kayla Caldwell and Charlie Derrick were among the main playmakers for Truckee as the former had three digs and three aces and the latter hit 66.7% for five kills11 aces and a block. Those three aces gave Caldwell a new career-high.
She wasn't the only good server: Truckee was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 24 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in four consecutive matches.
Hug's defeat dropped their record down to 4-15. As for Truckee, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-8 record this season.
Hug suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Truckee in their previous meeting back in September. Can Hug avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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