Gridley is 10-0 against Live Oak since September of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Gridley Bulldogs will look to defend their home court against the Live Oak Lions at 6:30 p.m. Live Oak took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Gridley, who comes in off a win.
Last Tuesday, Gridley got the win against Las Plumas by a conclusive 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-10, 25-12.
Gridley can attribute much of their success to Tati Rivero, who had eight digs and two aces.
Gridley kept the net locked down and finished the game with 11 blocks. That's the most blocks they've posted since back in August of 2023.
Meanwhile, Live Oak was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They fell just short of Corning by a score of 3-2.
Live Oak wouldn't go down easily and took Corning into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking seven-point loss. The final score came out to 25-23, 25-21, 17-25, 23-25, 15-8.
Gridley has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 22 of their last 23 games, which provided a nice bump to their 27-5 record this season. As for Live Oak, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-19.
Everything went Gridley's way against Live Oak in their previous meeting on October 8th, as Gridley made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Gridley repeat their success, or does Live Oak have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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