The Santa Margarita Eagles are on the road again on Thursday to play the Temecula Valley Golden Bears at 5:00 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Santa Margarita is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged Westview out 3-2.
Santa Margarita was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (103-102), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 17-25, 26-24, 25-19, 19-25, 15-10.
Santa Margarita can attribute much of their success to Isabella Simon, who had 16 digs. Simon has been hot , having posted 14 or more digs the last six times she's played.
Meanwhile, Temecula Valley can finally bid farewell to their three-game losing streak thanks to their game on Tuesday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over Academy of Our Lady of Peace.
Temecula Valley 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 21-25, 25-15, 25-15, 25-14.
Temecula Valley's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Brooklyn Pierce, who had five aces and 23 assists, and Stephanie Gonzalez, who had two aces and 32 assists. Those five aces gave Pierce a new career-high.
Santa Margarita's win ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 22-14-1. As for Temecula Valley, their victory was their 17th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 17-6.
Santa Margarita came up short against Temecula Valley when the teams last played back in September of 2021, falling 2-0. Can Santa Margarita avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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