The Mountain View Vikings will face off against the South El Monte Eagles at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Mountain View will be strutting in after a victory while South El Monte will be coming in after a loss.
Last Wednesday, Mountain View sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over El Monte. The victory continues a trend for the Vikings in their matchups with the Lions: they've now won three in a row.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Mountain View got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 13-25, 25-20, 24-26, 15-13.
Meanwhile, South El Monte was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They came up short against Marshall, falling 3-0.
The final score came out to 25-17, 25-21, 25-16.
Mountain View will have to keep a close watch on Lexis Jacobo and Alex Lopez, a pair of players who had a big impact on South El Monte's prior game. Jacobo had 24 digs, while Lopez had 12 digs. That's the most digs Lopez has posted over his last six matches.
South El Monte's loss dropped their record down to 6-10. As for Mountain View, their win bumped their record up to 7-9.
Mountain View came out on top in a nail-biter against South El Monte when the teams last played last Monday, sneaking past 3-2. Will Mountain View repeat their success, or does South El Monte has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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