The Orland Trojans will head out to take on the Gridley Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Orland sitting on four straight victories and Gridley on 21.
On Tuesday, everything went Orland's way against Live Oak as Orland made off with a 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Orland took every set by at least ten points. The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-8, 25-15.
Meanwhile, Gridley beat Oroville 3-1 on Tuesday.
Gridley had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 22-25, 25-20, 25-16, 25-21.
Gridley was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in four consecutive matchups.
Orland has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 27-8 record this season. As for Gridley, they pushed their record up to 26-4 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Orland came up short against Gridley in their previous matchup two weeks ago, falling 3-1. Can Orland avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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