The St. Mary's Rams will challenge the Pitman Pride at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with St. Mary's sitting on nine straight victories and Pitman on six.
St. Mary's is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They blew past Enochs 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant St. Mary's was: they took every set by at least ten points. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-15, 25-10.
St. Mary's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Olivia Gutierrez led the charge by getting nine aces. Those nine aces gave Gutierrez a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Genevieve Rishwain, who had seven digs and two aces.
Meanwhile, Pitman got the win against Cosumnes Oaks on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0.
Pitman's got stronger as the match went on, holding Cosumnes Oaks to fewer and fewer points set over set. The final score came out to 27-25, 25-22, 25-15.
St. Mary's has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 24-6 record this season. As for Pitman, their win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 29-6.
Everything went St. Mary's way against Pitman when the teams last played back in October of 2019, as St. Mary's made off with a 3-0 victory. Will St. Mary's repeat their success, or does Pitman have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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