After flying high against Surprise Valley last Thursday, Burney came back down to earth. The Burney Raiders fell 3-1 to the Chester Volcanoes on Tuesday. The Raiders haven't had much luck with the Volcanoes recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 18-25, 25-17, 25-6.
Despite the defeat, Burney saw an underclassman step up: Alexis Witzel had 13 digs, six kills, four aces, and four aces. That's the most aces Witzel has posted since back in August. Victoria Jimenez-Garcia was another key player, getting 18 digs and two kills.
Even though they lost, Burney was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 11 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Burney now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Chester, the win snapped their losing streak at eight games and leaves them with a 3-12 record.
Burney will square off against Butte Valley at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Burney is facing Butte Valley at the right time seeing as Butte Valley is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Chester, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 3-1 loss vs. CORE Butte on the 26th.
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