Burlingame has gone 8-2 against Menlo-Atherton recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Burlingame Panthers' road trip will continue as they head out to face the Menlo-Atherton Bears at 5:30 p.m. After both made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Thursday.
It was a proper cat-fight when Burlingame duked it out withWoodside on Tuesday. Everything went Burlingame's way against Woodside as Burlingame made off with a 3-0 victory.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-19, 25-10.
Meanwhile, Menlo-Atherton had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Bearcats.
Menlo-Atherton was especially dominant in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-11, 25-16.
Menlo-Atherton relied on the efforts of Meki Maile, who had four digs and 19 assists, and Kiela King, who had six digs and two aces.
They weren't the only good server: 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.
Burlingame has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season. As for Menlo-Atherton, their win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 19-7.
Burlingame came out on top in a nail-biter against Menlo-Atherton when the teams last played back in September, sneaking past 3-2. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was King, who had 20 digs and four aces. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Burlingame still be able to contain King? There's only one way to find out.
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