Volleyball Recap: Newark Memorial Takes a Loss

Newark Memorial came into their game on Tuesday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They came up short against the Mission San Jose Warriors, falling 3-0. The loss continues a trend for the Cougars in their meetings with the Warriors: they've now lost six in a row.

While Newark Memorial was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Mission San Jose's winning margin in every set. The final score came out to 25-15, 25-18, 25-20.

Malia Kuehn paced Newark Memorial's offense, picking up seven kills. Kuehn got some help from Gianna Adame and her 22 assists. Erin Santos controlled things from the service line, finishing with two aces.

Newark Memorial's defeat dropped their record down to 11-16. As for Mission San Jose, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 18-9 record this season.

We've got plenty of inter-league action coming up soon. Newark Memorial will square off against rival Kennedy at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Meanwhile, Mission San Jose is set to challenge their familiar foe Irvington at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.