The Bakersfield Christian Eagles will face off against the Central Valley Christian Cavaliers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Bakersfield Christian sitting on 11 straight wins and Central Valley Christian on 19.
Bakersfield Christian is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over Clovis East.
Bakersfield Christian was actually outscored in aggregate across those four sets (93-87), but they still managed to win. The final score came out to 25-22, 9-25, 25-20, 28-26.
Meanwhile, Central Valley Christian made easy work of Stockdale on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 win.
The match finished with set scores of 25-6, 25-15, 25-19.
Central Valley Christian's win came from a few key players Bakersfield Christian will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Cooper Piepgrass, who had nine digs and two aces.
Central Valley Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 12 consecutive contests.
Bakersfield Christian's record now sits at 15-8. As for Central Valley Christian, their record is now 33-6.
Bakersfield Christian might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Central Valley Christian in their previous meeting back in September. Can the Eagles avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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