Mayfield and Flintridge Sacred Heart are an even 4-4 against one another since October of 2015, but not for long. The Mayfield Cubs will be playing in front of their home fans against the Flintridge Sacred Heart Tologs at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Mayfield will be strutting in after a win while Flintridge Sacred Heart will be coming in after a loss.
Last Thursday, Mayfield earned a 3-1 victory over Chadwick. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Cubs.
Mayfield 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 23-25, 25-22, 25-21, 25-16.
Meanwhile, Flintridge Sacred Heart was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They fell just short of Immaculate Heart by a score of 3-2.
Flintridge Sacred Heart took Immaculate Heart into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-23, 22-25, 20-25, 15-13.
Flintridge Sacred Heart might have lost, but man, Elise Schoettler was a machine: she had 21 digs and two aces.
They weren't the only good server: Flintridge Sacred Heart was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in August.
Mayfield is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 22-9 record this season. As for Flintridge Sacred Heart, their loss dropped their record down to 14-22.
Mayfield was able to grind out a solid win over Flintridge Sacred Heart in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, winning 3-1. Will Mayfield repeat their success, or does Flintridge Sacred Heart have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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