The Oakmont Vikings and the Wheatland Pirates are set to duel on Tuesday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Oakmont took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Marysville , sneaking past 3-2.
Oakmont wouldn't go down easily and took Marysville into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. The final score came out to 25-19, 20-25, 18-25, 25-12, 15-11.
Oakmont was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September.
Meanwhile, Wheatland was able to grind out a solid victory over Center on Thursday, taking the game 3-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Pirates.
The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-22, 26-28, 25-22.
Oakmont's win ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 9-16. As for Wheatland, they pushed their record up to 20-8 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home.
Oakmont suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Wheatland in their previous meeting back in September. Can Oakmont avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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