The East Valley Falcons will head out on the road to take on the Northridge Academy Pumas at 3:30 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
East Valley will bounce into Monday's matchup after beating Vaughn, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. East Valley was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Vaughn on Thursday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Falcons.
After all that action, the final score was 25-21, 26-24, 25-21.
East Valley found their leader in underclassman Tara Tavakoli, who had five digs and four aces. Those four aces set a new season-high mark for her.
East Valley was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in six consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Northridge Academy didn't have done well against Sherman Oaks CES recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Everything went Northridge Academy's way against Sherman Oaks CES as Northridge Academy made off with a 3-0 win.
The final score came out to 25-12, 25-21, 25-20.
East Valley's record is now 3-4. As for Northridge Academy, their record now sits at 5-3.
East Valley skirted past Northridge Academy 3-2 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Does East Valley have another victory up their sleeve, or will Northridge Academy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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