The San Juan Broncos will head out to challenge the Provo Bulldogs at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. San Juan is coming into the match hot, having won their last 17 games.
San Juan proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by three) and on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged out Riverton 3-2.
San Juan had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 22-25, 18-25, 25-20, 25-20, 16-14.
Meanwhile, Provo got the win against Summit Academy on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0. The win continues a trend for the Bulldogs in their matchups with the Bears: they've now won five in a row.
Provo's got stronger as the match went on, holding Summit Academy to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-11, 25-6.
San Juan better focus on containing Meliana Chrisman and Rosabelle Campos as the pair were huge in Provo's win. Chrisman hit 100% for eight kills and eight aces and four digs, while Campos had three digs and two aces. Those eight aces gave Chrisman a new career-high.
Provo was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 24 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
San Juan's record is now 24-2. As for Provo, their record now sits at 16-11.
San Juan beat Provo 2-0 in their previous matchup back in October of 2019. Do the Broncos have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Bulldogs turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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