The Los Altos Eagles will challenge the Fremont Firebirds at 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday. Los Altos is coming into the game hot, having won their last three games.
Los Altos took a three-set loss the last time they faced off against Mountain View, but this time they managed to keep it close and that made all the difference. Los Altos sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Mountain View on Friday.
Los Altos was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 23-25, 22-25, 25-22, 15-11.
Fremont had lost five straight headed into Saturday's matchup, but Kalash Venkumahanti didn't let it get to six. Fremont walked away with a 3-1 victory over Encina on Saturday with plenty of help from Venkumahanti, who had 19 digs. Those 19 digs gave him a new career-high.
Fremont had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 29-27, 25-15, 25-21.
Fremont's win bumped their record up to 5-11. As for Los Altos, they pushed their record up to 12-4 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home.
Los Altos was able to grind out a solid win over Fremont in their previous meeting on March 11th, winning 3-1. Does Los Altos have another victory up their sleeve, or will Fremont turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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