The Merced Bears will venture away from home to take on the Golden Valley Cougars at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Tuesday, Merced got the win against Atwater by a conclusive 3-0. The Bears haven't had any issues with the Falcons recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive win against them.
Merced was especially dominant in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-17, 25-20.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Golden Valley duked it out with Los Banos on Tuesday. Golden Valley was the clear victors by a 3-0 margin over Los Banos. The Cougars not only won on Tuesday, but they posted their biggest win since March 10th.
Golden Valley never let Los Banos on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The final score came out to 25-14, 25-23, 25-20.
Golden Valley pushed their record up to 16-12 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Merced, their win bumped their record up to 12-9.
Merced couldn't quite get it done against Golden Valley in their previous matchup two weeks ago as they fell 2-0. Can Merced avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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