Mountain View Academy is on a 12-game streak of home losses also dating back to last season, KIPP Esperanza an eight-game streak of away losses also dating back to last season, but someone's luck is about to change on Thursday. The Mountain View Academy Mustangs will host the KIPP Esperanza Eagles at 4:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Thursday, Mountain View Academy didn't have quite enough to beat East Palo Alto Academy and fell 3-2. While the Mustangs didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Bulldogs 25-23 in the first set.
Mountain View Academy started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 18-25, 25-20, 25-23, 15-8.
Despite the defeat, Mountain View Academy saw an underclassman step up: Isadora DeSouza had 11 aces. The dominant performance gave DeSouza a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Audrey Mackey, who had six aces.
Meanwhile, KIPP Esperanza came up short against Summit Tahoma on Tuesday, falling 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-9, 25-9.
The losing side was boosted by Adileny Alonso, who had four aces and two kills.
Mountain View Academy's loss dropped their record down to 3-9. As for KIPP Esperanza, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-10.
Mountain View Academy was able to grind out a solid victory over KIPP Esperanza in their previous meeting two weeks ago, winning 3-1. Will Mountain View Academy repeat their success, or does KIPP Esperanza have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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