Hayward hasn't had much luck against San Leandro recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Hayward Farmers will challenge the San Leandro Pirates at 5:45 p.m.
Hayward is headed into Wednesday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their seventh straight game dating back to last season two weeks ago. They lost 3-0 to Mt. Eden.
The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-20, 25-19.
Meanwhile, San Leandro entered their tilt with Tennyson on Monday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Lancers.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant San Leandro was: they took every set by at least 13 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-2, 25-8.
San Leandro can attribute much of their success to Kaye Leann Payopay, who had seven digs and six aces. The dominant performance gave Payopay a new career-high in aces.
San Leandro was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 25 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in four consecutive matches.
Hayward's loss dropped their record down to 0-6. As for San Leandro, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-10 record this season.
Hayward might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from San Leandro when the teams last played back in September. Can Hayward avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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