Liberty hasn't had much luck against Sierra recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Liberty Hawks will challenge the Sierra Chieftains at 6:00 p.m. Liberty is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last three games.
Last Thursday, Liberty made easy work of Fowler and carried off a 3-0 victory.
One reason for the win was Liberty's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-16, 25-12.
Liberty got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Jazlyn Perez out in front who had seven digs, two aces, and a kill. Perez is also on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 20 or more in the last ten games she's played dating back to last season. Arianna Aguayo was another key player, getting 14 digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Liberty was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Chowchilla typically has all the answers at home, but on Thursday Sierra proved too difficult a challenge. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Tribe 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Chieftains.
Sierra took Chowchilla into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-13, 24-26, 25-18, 15-11.
Liberty pushed their record up to 16-8-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. As for Sierra, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 23-6 record this season.
Liberty might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Sierra when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Liberty avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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