Campolindo has won 18 straight games at home (dating back to last season), while Northgate has won 18 straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Thursday. The Cougars will welcome the Broncos at 6:30 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
While Campolindo's win against Las Lomas wasn't quite the blowout it was the last time the pair played, they still came out on top. The Cougars skirted past the Knights 3-2.
Campolindo had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 16-25, 17-25, 25-11, 25-21, 15-13.
The home team had won the previous four meetings between Northgate and Acalanes, and Northgate kept the tradition alive. The Broncos came out on top in a nail-biter against the Dons on Tuesday, sneaking past 3-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Broncos have posted since September 25th.
Northgate took Acalanes into a fifth set where they got it done with a seven-point win. The final score came out to 25-5, 25-15, 17-25, 16-25, 15-8.
Campolindo's win bumped their record up to 24-6. As for Northgate, their victory bumped their record up to 17-12.
Everything went Campolindo's way against Northgate in their previous meeting back in September, as Campolindo made off with a 3-0 win. Do the Cougars have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Broncos turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
