California is 1-9 against San Ramon Valley since August of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The California Grizzlies will stay at home for another game and welcome the San Ramon Valley Wolves at 6:30 p.m.
Last Tuesday, California came up short against Amador Valley and fell 3-1.
California started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 20-25, 25-17, 25-8, 25-23.
Defeat or not, California got some senior leadership from Sophia Bonifacio and Anne Yamada. Bonifacio had 23 digs and two aces, while Yamada had six aces. The dominant performance gave Yamada a new career-high in aces.
Even though they lost, California was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 11 consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, everything went San Ramon Valley's way against Livermore on Tuesday as San Ramon Valley made off with a 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: San Ramon Valley took every set by at least 15 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-6, 25-10.
San Ramon Valley's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Kate Stern, who had four digs and three aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Anuu Thompson, who had four aces, two kills, and ten assists.
California's loss dropped their record down to 14-9. As for San Ramon Valley, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-4 record this season.
California might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from San Ramon Valley in their previous meeting two weeks ago. Will California have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other volleyball content.
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