Petaluma and Sonoma Valley are an even 5-5 against one another since November of 2019, but not for long. The Petaluma Trojans will challenge the Sonoma Valley Dragons at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Petaluma is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last five games.
Petaluma will bounce into Thursday's contest after beating Vintage, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Petaluma blew past Vintage 3-0 on Tuesday.
Petaluma's got stronger as the match went on, holding Vintage to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-21, 25-16.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Sonoma Valley, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Thursday. They had just enough and edged Justin-Siena out 3-2.
Sonoma Valley was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (98-95), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 15-25, 25-18, 25-15, 13-25, 17-15.
Petaluma is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season. As for Sonoma Valley, their victory ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-14.
Everything went Petaluma's way against Sonoma Valley in their previous meeting back in September, as Petaluma made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Petaluma since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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