Volleyball Preview: Discovery Warriors vs. Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology Griffins
Discovery has been on the road for three straight, but on Monday they'll finally head home. They will host the Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology Griffins at 3:30 p.m. Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Discovery, who comes in off a win.
Last Thursday, Discovery was able to grind out a solid win over Magnolia Science Academy Van Nuys, taking the game 3-1.
The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-2, 19-25, 25-23.
Discovery found their leader in underclassman Ashlyn Rico, who had ten aces. The dominant performance gave Rico a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Bridget Alvarado, who had five kills and three aces.
Discovery was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 12.2.
Meanwhile, Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their 21st straight loss dating back to last season. They lost 3-0 to Magnolia Science Academy Reseda.
Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-9, 25-22.
Discovery's victory bumped their record up to 5-6. As for Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-8.
Discovery was able to grind out a solid win over Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology when the teams last played on September 5th, winning 3-1. Will Discovery repeat their success, or does Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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