Wheatland entered their tilt with Colfax on Thursday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They won by a set and slipped past the Colfax Falcons 3-2. This was payback for the Pirates, who suffered a 3-0 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Wheatland 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 22-25, 20-25, 25-16, 25-16, 15-7.
Wheatland was led to victory by Kimiko Cervantes and Lisa Azevedo. Cervantes had 18 digs and five aces, while Azevedo had ten digs and a kill. That's the most aces Cervantes has posted since back in September.
Wheatland was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 23 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Wheatland pushed their record up to 22-8 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home. As for Colfax, their loss dropped their record down to 9-13.
Wheatland has already played their next match, a 3-1 defeat against Marysville on the 22nd. As for Colfax, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 3-0 win against Oakmont on the 22nd.
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