The Irvington Vikings will face off against the Kennedy Titans at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Irvington and Mission San Jose met for a duel on Tuesday where Irvington had to take the L. Irvington took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Mission San Jose. The loss continues a trend for the Vikings in their matchups with the Warriors: they've now lost four in a row.
The 3-1 doesn't really show just how close this match was: all the sets Irvington lost were decided by three points or less. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 27-25, 19-25, 25-23.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Kennedy, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Thursday. Everything went their way against Newark Memorial on Tuesday as Kennedy made off with a 3-0 victory. The win was a breath of fresh air for the Titans as it put an end to their three-game losing streak.
Kennedy never let Newark Memorial on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 27-25, 25-12.
Minhthu Pham was the offensive standout of the matchup as she had eight digs and three aces. That's the most aces she has posted since back in September.
Irvington's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-7. As for Kennedy, their victory ended a six-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-19.
Irvington took their win against Kennedy in their previous matchup on October 1st by a conclusive 3-0. Will Irvington repeat their success, or does Kennedy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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