The Narbonne Gauchos will venture away from home to challenge the Banning Pilots at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Narbonne took a loss when they played away from home on Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Monday. They put the hurt on Gardena with a sharp 3-0 victory. The Gauchos haven't had any issues with the Panthers recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive win against them.
The match came down to the wire multiple times:two sets needed extra rallies to declare a winner. The final score came out to 25-20, 27-25, 26-24.
Meanwhile, Banning hadn't done well against Carson recently (they were 0-7 in their previous seven matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. The Pilots walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Colts.
Banning 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 17-25, 29-27, 25-18, 25-20.
Banning is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season. As for Narbonne, they picked up their first home win, bumping their record up to 4-7.
Narbonne might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Banning when the teams last played two weeks ago. Can the Gauchos avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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