The Atwater Falcons will face off against the Buhach Colony Thunder at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Atwater is headed into the contest having just posted their biggest victory since August 28th on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Los Banos with a sharp 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Falcons.
The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-7, 25-17.
Atwater can attribute much of their success to Jessica Vasquez, who had 13 digs, and Amara Rhodes, who hit 75% for six killsseven digs and seven aces. Rhodes is also on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 15 or more in the last ten games she's played dating back to last season.
Atwater couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 46.6% of their attack attempts. That's the best hitting percentage they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Buhach Colony entered their tilt with Golden Valley on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Cougars 3-2.
Buhach Colony 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 19-25, 21-25, 25-18, 25-14, 15-7.
Lilly Wisdom went supernova for Buhach Colony, getting 29 digs and five aces. The dominant performance gave Wisdom a new career-high in aces.
Atwater has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. As for Buhach Colony, they pushed their record up to 12-5 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
Atwater was able to grind out a solid victory over Buhach Colony in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, winning 3-1. Does Atwater have another victory up their sleeve, or will Buhach Colony turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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