Truckee proved they can win big with a three-set win on Wednesday. On Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a 3-2 victory against the South Tahoe Vikings.
Truckee was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final set scores wound up at 21-25, 29-27, 21-25, 25-20, 15-10.
Several Vikings players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Camdyn Maliska, who had 32 assists and two aces. The team also got some help from Viviana Wilson, who had 14 kills and four aces.
Truckee has now won 14 of their last 16 games on the road. That's helped them to a 15-7 record this season. That said, the team wasn't facing the toughest opposition over that stretch, as it included 0-4 Debbie Smith CTE Academy and 0-4 Wooster (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 25.4% over those games). As for South Tahoe, their defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 7-1 and their overall record down to 17-7.
Coincidentally, Truckee and South Tahoe will both be playing Sparks the next time they take the court. The Vikings will head out to face the Railroaders at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, while the Wolverines will head out to face them at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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