The Paloma Valley Wildcats will venture away from home to take on the Hemet Bulldogs at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Paloma Valley has six straight wins, Hemet has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Thursday, Paloma Valley beat Hillcrest 3-1.
Paloma Valley was staring down a 1-1 deficit headed into the third set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 22-25, 25-14, 25-21.
Paloma Valley was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 15 consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Hemet didn't have quite enough to beat Rancho Christian on Thursday and fell 3-2.
Hemet took Rancho Christian into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking eight-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 10-25, 19-25, 25-17, 15-7.
Paloma Valley pushed their record up to 14-4 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Hemet, their loss dropped their record down to 9-8.
Paloma Valley took their win against Hemet in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Will Paloma Valley repeat their success, or does Hemet have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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