Volleyball Preview: Kennedy Titans vs. Irvington Vikings
The Kennedy Titans are taking a road trip to take on the Irvington Vikings at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Kennedy is no doubt hoping to put an end to a six-game streak of away losses.
Kennedy will head into Tuesday's game after some sweet revenge against Newark Memorial: Kennedy couldn't quite topple Newark Memorial on Tuesday, but it was still a huge improvement compared to the three-set loss they took when the two last played. Kennedy put the hurt on Newark Memorial with a sharp 3-0 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Titans have posted since September 6th.
Kennedy never let Newark Memorial on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 27-25, 25-12.
Kennedy can attribute much of their success to Minhthu Pham, who had eight digs and three aces. That's the most aces Pham has posted since back in September.
Meanwhile, Irvington and Mission San Jose met for a duel on Tuesday where Irvington couldn't get it done. Irvington fell 3-1 to Mission San Jose. The Vikings haven't had much luck with the Warriors recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
The 3-1 doesn't really show just how close this match was: all the sets Irvington lost were decided by three points or less. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 27-25, 19-25, 25-23.
Kennedy's win ended a six-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-19. As for Irvington, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-7.
Kennedy suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Irvington when the teams last played on October 1st. Can Kennedy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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