Pierce has won 13 straight games at home (dating back to last season), while East Nicolaus has won 13 straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Tuesday. The Pierce Bears will host the East Nicolaus Spartans at 6:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Thursday, everything went Pierce's way against Paradise as Pierce made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Pierce was: they took every set by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-12, 25-10.
Pierce can attribute much of their success to Macey Myers, who had ten digs and two aces. Myers is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last four games she's played dating back to last season.
Pierce was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 11 aces in six consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, East Nicolaus got the win against Colusa on Thursday by a conclusive 3-0.
East Nicolaus was especially dominant in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-21, 25-14.
Pierce has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 24-6 record this season. As for East Nicolaus, their victory bumped their record up to 23-0.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's match: Pierce has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 10.6 aces per game. However, it's not like East Nicolaus struggles in that department as they've been averaging 12.4. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Pierce suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to East Nicolaus in their previous meeting back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of East Nicolaus' Ashlynn Tagala, who had 23 digs. Now that Pierce knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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