After both having extra time off, the Mountain View Academy Mustangs and the Basis Independent Silicon Valley Bobcats will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Mountain View Academy has struggled recently with three losses in a row, while Basis Independent Silicon Valley will arrive with 12 straight victories.
Last Thursday, Mountain View Academy didn't have quite enough to beat East Palo Alto Academy and fell 3-2. While the Mustangs didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Bulldogs 25-23 in the first set.
Mountain View Academy started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 18-25, 25-20, 25-23, 15-8.
Despite the defeat, Mountain View Academy saw an underclassman step up: Isadora DeSouza had 11 aces. Those 11 aces gave DeSouza a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Audrey Mackey, who had six aces.
Meanwhile, Basis Independent Silicon Valley hadn't done well against Design Tech recently (they were 0-3 in their previous three matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way last Friday. Basis Independent Silicon Valley put the hurt on Design Tech with a sharp 3-0 win.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-10, 25-11, 25-20.
Basis Independent Silicon Valley got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Iris Li out in front who had 11 aces, four digs, and a kill. Li has been hot recently, having posted two or more aces the last eight times she's played. Another player making a difference was Vienna Li, who had 13 kills, ten digs, three aces, and a block.
She wasn't the only good server: Basis Independent Silicon Valley was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 14 aces in 12 consecutive contests.
Mountain View Academy's loss dropped their record down to 3-9. As for Basis Independent Silicon Valley, they pushed their record up to 12-0 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home.
Mountain View Academy might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Basis Independent Silicon Valley in their previous matchup on October 2nd. Can Mountain View Academy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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