Murrieta Mesa had already won three in a row, and they went ahead and made it four on Monday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Chaparral Pumas , sneaking past 3-2. This was payback for the Rams, who suffered a 3-0 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Murrieta Mesa had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first firsttwo sets, they turned around to win the next four. The final score came out to 24-26, 23-25, 25-20, 25-23, 15-12.
Murrieta Mesa was led to victory by Livie Corelli and Sade Valencia. Corelli had 16 digs and two aces, while Valencia had six digs and four aces. Valencia has been hot recently, having posted four or more aces the last three times she's played.
Murrieta Mesa was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 22 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in four consecutive games.
Despite the loss, Chaparral saw an underclassman step up: Shay Roddy had 25 digs.
Murrieta Mesa pushed their record up to 15-5 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Chaparral, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-7.
Murrieta Mesa is taking a road trip to take on Murrieta Valley at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Chaparral, they will host Temecula Valley at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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