An exciting East v. West battle is about to be fought. The West Vikings will head out to face off against the East Bakersfield Blades at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday. West will be looking to extend their current nine-game winning streak.
West will bounce into Tuesday's match after beating Tehachapi, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. West came out on top against Tehachapi by a score of 3-1 on Thursday.
West had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 25-18, 25-23, 25-19.
KAYLEIGH ROSALES continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, getting seven digs, six kills, and five aces. ROSALES is crushing it when it comes to aces: she's served at least two every time she's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of MARKAIJA BOLDEN, who had 12 digs and two aces.
Meanwhile, East Bakersfield didn't have quite enough to beat North on Thursday and fell 3-2.
West has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 16 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 23-8 record this season. As for East Bakersfield, their defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 18-11-1.
Everything went West's way against East Bakersfield in their previous matchup on October 3rd, as West made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for West since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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