Miami-Yoder hasn't had much luck against Fountain Valley recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Miami-Yoder Buffaloes will take on the Fountain Valley Danes at 4:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Last Tuesday, Miami-Yoder came up short against Thomas MacLaren School and fell 3-1. The Buffaloes have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
While Miami-Yoder had to settle for second, they sure made a game of it, scoring at least 18 points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 22-25, 25-18, 25-19.
Even though they lost, Miami-Yoder was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Thomas MacLaren School only served nine.
Meanwhile, after a string of five wins, Fountain Valley's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They lost 3-0 to Evangel Christian Academy. The shutout was out of character for the Danes seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in September.
Fountain Valley was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-23, 25-12.
Miami-Yoder's loss dropped their record down to 5-14. As for Fountain Valley, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-5.
Miami-Yoder might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Fountain Valley when the teams last played back in October of 2019. Can Miami-Yoder avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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