The Merino Rams will take on the McClave Cardinals at 2:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Merino sitting on ten straight wins and McClave on 12.
Merino is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They beat Sargent by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Merino was: they took every set by at least 14 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-11, 25-10.
Meanwhile, McClave got the win against Otis on Thursday by a conclusive 3-0.
While McClave won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The final score came out to 25-15, 25-18, 25-22.
Merino's victory bumped their record up to 24-1. As for McClave, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season.
Everything went Merino's way against McClave in their previous meeting back in November of 2022, as Merino made off with a 3-0 win. Does Merino have another victory up their sleeve, or will McClave turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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