Volleyball Preview: Mountain House Mustangs vs. Central Catholic Raiders
The Mountain House Mustangs are taking a road trip to take on the Central Catholic Raiders at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Mountain House sitting on seven straight victories and Central Catholic on three.
Last Thursday, everything went Mountain House's way against Patterson as Mountain House made off with a 3-0 win.
The final score came out to 25-16, 25-21, 25-16.
Mountain House can attribute much of their success to Ysabella Tolentino, who had 11 digs and four aces. That's the most aces Tolentino has posted since back in September.
Mountain House was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in five consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Central Catholic got the win against Oakdale on Thursday by a conclusive 3-0. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Raiders have posted against the Mustangs since October 17, 2019.
Central Catholic walked away with the win (and looked especially good in the first set). The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-20, 25-19.
Mountain House is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a massive bump to their 13-6 record this season. As for Central Catholic, their victory was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-7.
Mountain House might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Central Catholic in their previous meeting back in September. Can Mountain House avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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