The Mountain House Mustangs will head out on the road to take on the East Union Lancers at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.
Mountain House lost 3-0 to Central Catholic on Thursday.
The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-22, 25-16.
Meanwhile, East Union came up short against Sierra on Thursday, falling 3-0. The Lancers have struggled against the Timberwolves recently, as their game on Thursday was their eighth consecutive lost matchup.
The final score came out to 25-20, 25-14, 25-10.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Meritiana Luani, who had four kills, four digs, and four aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Marcella Carranza, who had four aces and three digs.
She wasn't the only good server: East Union was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 9.8.
Mountain House has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-6 record this season. As for East Union, their loss dropped their record down to 4-7.
Mountain House came up short against East Union when the teams last played back in September, falling 3-1. Can Mountain House avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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