Yucaipa is 2-8 against Redlands since September of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Yucaipa Thunderbirds will host the Redlands Terriers at 5:30 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Thursday, Yucaipa made easy work of Redlands East Valley and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Yucaipa took every set by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-7, 25-11, 25-13.
Meanwhile, Redlands got the win against Cajon on Thursday by a conclusive 3-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Terriers.
The final score came out to 25-8, 25-20, 25-13.
Redlands can attribute much of their success to Eva Larrondo, who had eight digs. The team also got some help courtesy of Ava Reyes, who had four aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Redlands was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in four consecutive matches.
Yucaipa pushed their record up to 14-5 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Redlands, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-8 record this season.
Yucaipa came up short against Redlands in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Yucaipa avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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