If Millikan was feeling good fresh off their 3-0 takedown of Cabrillo last Thursday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Rams fell just short of the Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday. The defeat continues a trend for the Rams in their meetings with the Jackrabbits: they've now lost six in a row.
Millikan wouldn't go down easily and took Long Beach Poly into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking five-point loss. The final score came out to 25-20, 25-10, 22-25, 22-25, 15-10.
Millikan's loss dropped their record down to 14-6. As for Long Beach Poly, the victory was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record up to 12-3.
We've got plenty of inter-league action coming up soon. Millikan will challenge rival Lakewood at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Meanwhile, Long Beach Poly is set to square off against their familiar foe Woodrow Wilson at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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