Hilmar has enjoyed a four-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will venture away from home to face off against the South Pasadena Tigers at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Hilmar is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They blew past St. Patrick-St. Vincent 3-0.
While Hilmar might've won, it sure wasn't easy: St. Patrick-St. Vincent scored at least 18 points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-18, 25-23.
If Walnut wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played South Pasadena, they should've done a better job of containing Ella Garner. South Pasadena sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Walnut on Tuesday thanks in part to Garner, who had 24 digs. She is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last 13 games she's played.
South Pasadena wouldn't go down easily and took Walnut into a fifth set where they got it done with a three-point win. The final score came out to 25-18, 12-25, 22-25, 25-13, 15-12.
South Pasadena was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in nine consecutive matches.
Hilmar pushed their record up to 30-9 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. As for South Pasadena, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-16 record this season.
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