Mica Mountain is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Santa Margarita. The Mica Mountain Thunderbolts fell 2-0 to the Santa Margarita Eagles. It was the first time this season that the Thunderbolts let down their fans at home.
While Mica Mountain ultimately came up short, they didn't go down without a fight: they scored at least 18 points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-21.
Even though they lost, Mica Mountain couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 41.4% of their attack attempts. The last time their hitting percentage was this high was in their last eight contests.
Mica Mountain's defeat ended a 16-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 18-8. As for Santa Margarita, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-9 record this season.
Mica Mountain didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 2-1 loss against Tampa Prep on the 5th. Santa Margarita has also already played their next match, a 3-0 defeat against Mater Dei on the 8th.
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