Volleyball Preview: Homestead Mustangs vs. Carlmont Scots
Homestead is on a five-game streak of home wins, while Carlmont is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Homestead Mustangs will welcome the Carlmont Scots at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Homestead is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Sequoia with a sharp 3-0 victory. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Mustangs have posted since October 7th.
Homestead walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the second set). The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-3, 25-20.
Homestead's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Ingrid Gomard, who had 11 digs.
Homestead was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October.
Meanwhile, Carlmont beat Milpitas 3-1 on Tuesday.
Carlmont had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-16, 25-20, 25-21.
Carlmont has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 16-12 record this season. As for Homestead, their victory bumped their record up to 26-8.
Everything went Homestead's way against Carlmont when the teams last played back in September, as Homestead made off with a 3-0 win. Does Homestead have another victory up their sleeve, or will Carlmont turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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