Murrieta Mesa hasn't had much luck against Murrieta Valley recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Murrieta Mesa Rams will head out to challenge the Murrieta Valley Nighthawks at 6:30 p.m. Murrieta Mesa will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Murrieta Mesa will bounce into Wednesday's game after beating Chaparral, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Murrieta Mesa won by a set and slipped past Chaparral 3-2.
Murrieta Mesa was staring down a 2-0 deficit headed into the third set, but they rallied to take the next four for the win. After all that action, the final score was 24-26, 23-25, 25-20, 25-23, 15-12.
Murrieta Mesa can attribute much of their success to Livie Corelli, who had 16 digs and two aces, and Sade Valencia, who had six digs and four aces. Valencia has been hot recently, having posted four or more aces the last three times she's played.
Murrieta Mesa was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 22 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in four consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, everything went Murrieta Valley's way against Great Oak on Monday as Murrieta Valley made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Nighthawks.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-19, 25-14.
Murrieta Mesa pushed their record up to 15-5 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Murrieta Valley, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 14 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season.
Murrieta Mesa might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Murrieta Valley in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can Murrieta Mesa avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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