Mountain House hasn't had much luck against Lathrop recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Mountain House Mustangs will take on the Lathrop Spartans at 6:30 p.m. After the two teams made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Thursday.
Last Tuesday, Mountain House made easy work of East Union and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Mountain House was especially dominant in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-18, 25-16.
Mountain House was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in four consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Lathrop waltzed into their matchup on Monday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. They blew past the Patriots 3-0.
Lathrop was especially dominant in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-12, 25-19.
Lathrop can attribute much of their success to Ayden Petroff, who had six aces and a block, and Justine Mabutas, who had 19 digs. Petroff is also crushing it when it comes to assists: she's posted at least 14 every time she's taken the court this season.
Mountain House now has a winning record of 7-6. As for Lathrop, their win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-3.
Mountain House suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Lathrop in their previous meeting back in September. Can Mountain House avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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