Volleyball Preview: Marlborough Mustangs vs. Louisville Royals
Marlborough is on a eight-game streak of home wins, while Louisville is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Marlborough Mustangs will host the Louisville Royals at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
On Tuesday, Marlborough made easy work of Flintridge Sacred Heart and carried off a 3-0 victory.
While Marlborough won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-19, 25-23.
Marlborough can attribute much of their success to Tata Vongfak, who had 16 digs and two aces, and Madison Phan, who had seven digs.
They weren't the only good server: Marlborough 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 nine aces in eight consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Louisville got the win against Flintridge Sacred Heart on Thursday by a conclusive 3-0.
The final score came out to 25-16, 25-20, 25-18.
Marlborough has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 17 of their last 18 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-5 record this season. As for Louisville, their win bumped their record up to 12-6.
Marlborough came out on top in a nail-biter against Louisville in their previous meeting two weeks ago, sneaking past 3-2. Will Marlborough repeat their success, or does Louisville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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