The Granada Matadors will head out to take on the Liberty Lions at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Two weeks ago, Granada came up short against Foothill and fell 3-1. The Matadors haven't had much luck with the Falcons recently, as the team has come up short the last eight times they've met.
The loss didn't mean the game wasn't competitive: Foothill scored at least 19 points in every set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-19, 23-25, 25-23.
For some reason, the away team has come away with the win the last four times Liberty and Heritage have met, but the home crowd finally got their W on Tuesday. The Lions fell just short of the Patriots by a score of 3-2. While the Lions didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Patriots 25-15 in the first set.
Liberty actually scored more points across those five sets (96-94), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The final score came out to 15-25, 25-18, 14-25, 25-16, 15-12.
Liberty's defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 12-5. As for Granada, their loss dropped their record down to 14-6.
Granada beat Liberty 2-0 when the teams last played back in March. Will the Matadors repeat their success, or do the Lions have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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