The Mira Mesa Marauders will venture away from home to face off against the Lincoln Hornets at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Having struggled with 13 losses in a row, Mira Mesa finally turned things around against Clairemont on Tuesday. They blew past the Chieftains 3-0. The matchup marked the Marauders' most dominant win of the season.
The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-23, 25-22.
Mira Mesa was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in five consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Lincoln entered their tilt with High Tech SD on Tuesday with seven consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with eight. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over the Storm.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (105-104) Lincoln actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-21, 16-25, 25-22, 15-12.
Mira Mesa's win ended a six-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 4-16. As for Lincoln, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-7 record this season.
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