Volleyball Recap: McNair Eagles vs. Stagg Delta Kings
McNair had already won two in a row, and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the Stagg Delta Kings. That's more bragging rights for the Eagles, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
McNair had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 22-25, 25-23, 25-18, 25-17.
Leading McNair to victory were Naohmi Tapia and Keyla Yeng. Tapia had eight aces and five digs, while Yeng had 16 digs and two aces. The dominant performance gave Tapia a new career-high in aces.
McNair was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in four consecutive matchups.
Stagg lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Rachael Symoungkhoune, who had 18 digs. Symoungkhoune is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 15 or more in the last four games she's played dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Araceli Lupian, who had 11 digs.
McNair has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Stagg, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-8.
McNair will face off against Chavez at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. As for Stagg, they will square off against Venture Academy at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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