The Northridge Academy Pumas will square off against the East Valley Falcons at 3:30 p.m. on Monday. Both are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Northridge Academy will bounce into Monday's match after beating Sherman Oaks CES, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Everything went Northridge Academy's way against Sherman Oaks CES on Thursday as Northridge Academy made off with a 3-0 victory.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-21, 25-20.
Meanwhile, East Valley didn't have done well against Vaughn recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. East Valley blew past Vaughn 3-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Falcons.
After all that action, the final score was 25-21, 26-24, 25-21.
East Valley found their leader in underclassman Tara Tavakoli, who had five digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave Tavakoli a new career-high in aces.
East Valley was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in six consecutive games.
Northridge Academy's win bumped their record up to 5-3. As for East Valley, their victory bumped their record up to 3-4.
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