The Vanden Vikings and the River City Raiders are set to duel on Wednesday. Vanden will be strutting in after a victory while River City will be coming in after a defeat.
River City is hoping to do what Wood couldn't on Monday: put an end to Vanden's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Vanden blew past Wood 3-0.
Vanden's got stronger as the match went on, holding Wood to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-13, 25-12.
Vanden was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, after a string of five wins, River City's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They lost 3-0 to Vacaville. The Raiders have struggled against the Bulldogs recently, as their game on Monday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
While River City was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Vacaville's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-19, 25-20.
Vanden's win was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 16-5. As for River City, their loss dropped their record down to 9-9.
Everything went Vanden's way against River City in their previous meeting back in September, as Vanden made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Vanden since the team 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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