Volleyball Preview: Mountain House Mustangs vs. Stagg Delta Kings
The Mountain House Mustangs will square off against the Stagg Delta Kings at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Stagg took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Mountain House, who comes in off a win.
Stagg is hoping to do what Oakdale couldn't on Tuesday: put an end to Mountain House's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Mountain House walked away with a 3-1 victory over Oakdale.
Mountain House had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-21.
Meanwhile, Stagg lost 3-0 to McNair on Wednesday. The Delta Kings haven't had much luck with the Eagles recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Stagg was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-19, 25-22.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Daniela Vargas, who had ten blocks, eight digs, and two aces. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in blocks. The team also got some help courtesy of Kornkanock PatcharaveraPhong, who had 11 digs, five kills, and two aces.
Even though they lost, Stagg kept the net locked down and finished the game with 11 blocks. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now had at least six blocks in seven consecutive matches.
Mountain House has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-6 record this season. As for Stagg, their loss dropped their record down to 6-13.
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