On Monday, Temecula Valley faced Murrieta Valley in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Temecula Valley Golden Bears fell just short of the Murrieta Valley Nighthawks by a score of 3-2. The Golden Bears' defeat signaled the end of their six-game winning streak.
Temecula Valley took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-23, 19-25, 25-12, 18-16.
When it comes to explaining why Temecula Valley lost, don't look at Stephanie Gonzalez. Despite the final result, she had two aces and 23 assists.
Even though they lost, Temecula Valley couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 43.4% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 0% earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 66.8%.
Temecula Valley's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-3. As for Murrieta Valley, they are on a roll lately: they've won 16 of their last 18 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-6 record this season.
Temecula Valley's road trip will continue as they head out to face Vista Murrieta at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Murrieta Valley, they will look to defend their home court on Wednesday against Great Oak at 6:30 p.m. Great Oak has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with five straight defeats, while Murrieta Valley will come in with six straight wins.
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