The Futures Knights will face off against the Encina Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Futures proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by three) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They won by a set and slipped past Western Sierra Collegiate Academy 3-2. The win continues a trend for the Knights in their matchups with the Wolves: they've now won three in a row.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Futures got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 19-25, 25-13, 21-25, 16-14.
Meanwhile, Encina waltzed into their match on Monday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Fire Wolves.
Encina was especially dominant in the second set. The final score came out to 25-17, 25-12, 23-25, 25-19.
Futures better focus on containing Youssef Slekh and Ahmad Anwari as the pair were huge in Encina's win. Slekh had 12 digs and one assist, while Anwari had eight digs.
Encina couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 52.6% of their attack attempts. The last time their hitting percentage was this high was back in May of 2024.
Encina pushed their record up to 10-2 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for Futures, the victory got them back to even at 5-5.
Everything went Futures' way against Encina when the teams last played back in April of 2024, as Futures made off with a 3-0 win. Does Futures have another victory up their sleeve, or will Encina turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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