Arcata has gone 9-1 against McKinleyville recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Tigers takes on the McKinleyville Panthers at 6:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Arcata has five straight victories, McKinleyville has ten straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Tuesday, Arcata made easy work of Fortuna and carried off a 3-0 win.
Arcata never let Fortuna on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 25-11, 25-22.
Arcata was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in six consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, McKinleyville lost 3-0 to Del Norte on Tuesday.
While McKinleyville was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Del Norte's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-6, 25-14, 25-23.
Arcata pushed their record up to 18-6 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for McKinleyville, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-12.
Everything went Arcata's way against McKinleyville when the teams last played on October 1st, as Arcata made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Arcata since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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