Steele Canyon is on a four-game streak of home wins, while El Cajon Valley is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Steele Canyon Cougars will host the El Cajon Valley Braves at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Monday, Steele Canyon got the win against Grossmont by a conclusive 3-0.
Steele Canyon's got stronger as the match went on, holding Grossmont to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-19, 25-18.
Olivia Williams was nothing short of spectacular: she had nine aces, eight kills, four digs, and a block. With that strong performance, she is now averaging an impressive 2.2 aces per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Maddy Sniff, who had seven digs, three aces, and a kill.
Steele Canyon kept the net locked down and finished the game with 14 blocks. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now had at least five blocks in 23 consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, El Cajon Valley made easy work of Monte Vista on Monday and carried off a 3-0 win.
El Cajon Valley was especially dominant in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-9, 25-18, 25-21.
Steele Canyon is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-13 record this season. As for El Cajon Valley, their victory bumped their record up to 13-14.
Everything went Steele Canyon's way against El Cajon Valley in their previous meeting back in September, as Steele Canyon made off with a 3-0 win. Will Steele Canyon repeat their success, or does El Cajon Valley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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