The Garces Memorial Rams will take on the Central Valley Christian Cavaliers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Garces Memorial is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Yosemite 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Rams.
Garces Memorial wouldn't go down easily and took Yosemite into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-17, 25-27, 11-25, 15-11.
Garces Memorial's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Reegan Launer, who had five kills, three digs, two aces, and a block, and Abby Menta, who had 12 digs and two aces. Launer has been hot for a while, having also posted 17 or more assists the last 14 times she's played.
Garces Memorial was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Central Valley Christian had already won eight in a row and they went ahead and made it nine on Thursday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the Titans.
The final score came out to 25-19, 25-7, 21-25, 25-15.
Garces Memorial's record now sits at 22-12-1. As for Central Valley Christian, their victory was their tenth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 32-9.
Garces Memorial came up short against Central Valley Christian when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Garces Memorial avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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