Oakwood typically has all the answers at home, but on Monday Pajaro Valley proved too difficult a challenge. They won by a set and slipped past the Oakwood Hawks 3-2. The Grizzlies have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Hawks, too.
Pajaro Valley was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. The match finished with set scores of 24-26, 25-10, 18-25, 25-21, 15-11.
Pajaro Valley 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 seven consecutive matches.
Oakwood's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Isabelle Anderson, who had 11 digs, four kills, four aces, and three blocks, and Gianna Garcia, who had 20 digs, nine kills, and two blocks. That's the most blocks Anderson has posted since back in September. The team also got some help courtesy of Nalani Goulart, who had 17 digs.
Pajaro Valley has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a massive bump to their 14-9 record this season. As for Oakwood, with the defeat, they broke their eight-game winning streak and moved their record to 15-4.
Pajaro Valley has already played their next contest, a 3-0 victory against Trinity Christian on the 23rd. As for Oakwood, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next matchup, a 3-0 win against Ceiba College Preparatory Academy on the 23rd.
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