Denair has won three straight games at home, while Mariposa County has won three straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Monday. The Denair Coyotes will square off against the Mariposa County Grizzlies at 6:30 p.m.
Denair is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Stone Ridge Christian just ended the team's six-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Knights by a score of 3-2. While the Coyotes didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Knights 25-18 in the first set.
Denair started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 18-25, 22-25, 25-14, 25-23, 15-4.
Meanwhile, Mariposa County got the win against Gustine on Wednesday by a conclusive 3-0.
The final score came out to 25-11, 25-12, 25-18.
Mariposa County's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Mia Hansen, who had five digs and four aces, and Heely Patterson, who had four aces. That's the most aces Patterson has posted since back in September.
Mariposa County was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 23 consecutive games.
Denair's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-7. As for Mariposa County, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 16 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-6 record this season.
Denair suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Mariposa County when the teams last played back in September. Will Denair have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more volleyball content.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
