Volleyball Preview: Menlo-Atherton Bears vs. Burlingame Panthers
Menlo-Atherton is on a five-game streak of home wins, while Burlingame is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Menlo-Atherton Bears will square off against the Burlingame Panthers at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Tuesday, Menlo-Atherton made easy work of San Mateo and carried off a 3-0 win.
Menlo-Atherton walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the second set). The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-11, 25-16.
Menlo-Atherton had a senior duo take command as Meki Maile had four digs and 19 assists and Kiela King had six digs and two aces.
Menlo-Atherton was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Burlingame duked it out withWoodside on Tuesday. Burlingame was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Woodside.
The final score came out to 25-14, 25-19, 25-10.
Menlo-Atherton is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-7 record this season. As for Burlingame, their win bumped their record up to 17-5.
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