The Villa Park Spartans will head out to take on the Esperanza Aztecs at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Villa Park's tournament run continued when they took on Tustin last Saturday. The Spartans fell just short of the Tillers by a score of 2-1.
Villa Park actually scored more points across those three sets (60-59), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The final score came out to 25-23, 19-25, 15-12.
Meanwhile, Esperanza didn't have quite enough to beat Troy on Friday and fell 3-2. While the Aztecs didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Warriors 25-17 in the first set.
Esperanza started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 17-25, 22-25, 25-23, 26-24, 15-8.
This is the second loss in a row for Esperanza and nudges their season record down to 15-9. As for Villa Park, they have been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last eight games. That lines up perfectly with their 5-15 record this season.
Villa Park might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Esperanza in their previous matchup back in February. Can the Spartans avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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