East Nicolaus has won 19 straight games at home (dating back to last season), while Pierce has won 19 straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Thursday. The East Nicolaus Spartans will welcome the Pierce Bears at 6:00 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
On Tuesday, East Nicolaus got the win against Colusa by a conclusive 3-0.
East Nicolaus never let Colusa on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-22, 25-18.
East Nicolaus found their leader in underclassman Ashlynn Tagala, who had 21 digs, five aces, and five aces. That's the most aces Tagala has posted since back in November of 2023.
East Nicolaus was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 17 consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, everything went Pierce's way against Paradise on Tuesday as Pierce made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Pierce was: they took every set by at least 14 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-7, 25-11, 25-8.
East Nicolaus' victory bumped their record up to 17-0. As for Pierce, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season.
East Nicolaus was able to grind out a solid win over Pierce in their previous meeting on September 7th, winning 2-0. Does East Nicolaus have another victory up their sleeve, or will Pierce turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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