The Santa Margarita Eagles's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Orange Lutheran Lancers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Santa Margarita is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of California's top teams: Mater Dei, who was ranked second in their home state at the time (Santa Margarita was ranked 17th). Santa Margarita took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Mater Dei on Thursday. The Eagles haven't had much luck with the Monarchs recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Santa Margarita started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 25-20, 27-25, 25-13.
Meanwhile, Orange Lutheran had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They came out on top against the Lions by a score of 3-1.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-18, 21-25, 25-21.
Santa Margarita's defeat dropped their record down to 14-6. As for Orange Lutheran, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 15 games, which provided a nice bump to their 22-9 record this season.
Santa Margarita came out on top in a nail-biter against Orange Lutheran in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, sneaking past 3-2. Will Santa Margarita repeat their success, or does Orange Lutheran have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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