Clovis North waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with 16 straight wins... but they left with 17. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over the St. Mary's Rams. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Broncos also won the last time the pair played back in September of 2016.
Clovis North had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first firsttwo sets, they turned around to win the next four. After all that action, the final score was 20-25, 12-25, 25-15, 25-15, 15-13.
St. Mary's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Bella Gutierrez, who had 19 digs and two aces. That's the most aces Gutierrez has posted since two weeks ago. The team also got some help courtesy of Rachel Nemee, who had 15 digs.
Clovis North has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 19 of their last 20 games, which provided a nice bump to their 27-2 record this season. As for St. Mary's, their loss ended an 11-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 5-3.
Clovis North will face off against Kingsburg at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Clovis North is looking to tack on another W to their eight-game streak on the road. As for St. Mary's, they will challenge Lodi at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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