North Monterey County and Rancho San Juan are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2019, but not for long. The North Monterey County Condors are taking a road trip to square off against the Rancho San Juan Trailblazers at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. North Monterey County is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
Having struggled with four defeats in a row, North Monterey County finally turned things around against St. Francis on Wednesday. They won by a set and slipped past the Sharks 3-2.
Meanwhile, Rancho San Juan had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the Vikings.
Rancho San Juan 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, 25-16, 25-19, 25-16.
Rancho San Juan was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last four matches.
North Monterey County's victory bumped their record up to 7-13. As for Rancho San Juan, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-13 record this season.
North Monterey County came up short against Rancho San Juan in their previous matchup back in September, falling 3-1. Can North Monterey County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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