Valley Vista hasn't had much luck against Xavier College Prep recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Valley Vista Monsoon will venture away from home to challenge the Xavier College Prep Gators at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Valley Vista is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They came out on top against Desert Vista by a score of 3-1.
While Valley Vista might've won, it sure wasn't easy: Desert Vista scored at least 18 points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-19, 22-25, 25-18.
Valley Vista was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October.
Meanwhile, Xavier College Prep faced Millennium in a battle between two of the state's top teams last Wednesday. Xavier College Prep was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Millennium.
Xavier College Prep's got stronger as the match went on, holding Millennium to fewer and fewer points set over set. The final score came out to 25-22, 25-19, 25-17.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Xavier College Prep to victory, but perhaps none more so than Olivia Lenz, who had 12 digs. Lenz has been hot recently, having posted 11 or more digs the last three times she's played.
Xavier College Prep pushed their record up to 27-4 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home. As for Valley Vista, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a massive bump to their 19-13 record this season.
Valley Vista suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Xavier College Prep in their previous meeting back in September. Can Valley Vista avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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