Volleyball Preview: Fremont Firebirds vs. Saratoga Falcons
Fremont is 2-8 against Saratoga since April of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Fremont Firebirds will head out on the road to face off against the Saratoga Falcons at 6:45 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Tuesday, Fremont didn't have quite enough to beat Lynbrook and fell 3-2. While the Firebirds didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Vikings 25-20 in the first set.
Fremont took Lynbrook into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-14, 25-21, 16-25, 15-13.
Meanwhile, after a string of five wins, Saratoga's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell just short of Milpitas by a score of 3-2. The loss continues a trend for the Falcons in their matchups with the Trojans: they've now lost three in a row.
The defeat didn't mean the game wasn't competitive: Milpitas scored at least 12 points in every set. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 25-19, 25-22, 26-28, 15-12.
This is the second loss in a row for Fremont and nudges their season record down to 6-17. As for Saratoga, their loss ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-5.
Fremont came up short against Saratoga when the teams last played back in September, falling 3-1. Can Fremont avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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