Menlo-Atherton entered their tilt with San Mateo on Wednesday with five consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with six. They came out on top against the Bearcats by a score of 3-1. That's more bragging rights for the Bears, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Menlo-Atherton had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-21, 25-15, 25-16.
Ben Warner paced Menlo-Atherton's offense, picking up 19 kills. Warner got some help from Peter Chriss and his 49 assists. Warner was also solid from the service line: he led the team with two aces.
Bears
| 03/19/25 vs San Mateo | 3-1 |
| 03/14/25 vs Burlingame | 3-1 |
| 03/07/25 vs Mountain View | 3-0 |
| 03/06/25 vs King's Academy | 3-0 |
| 02/27/25 vs Santa Clara | 3-0 |
| + 6 more games |
Menlo-Atherton pushed their record up to 11-1 with the win, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season. As for San Mateo, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 5-6.
Coming up, Menlo-Atherton will challenge Hillsdale at 5:45 p.m. on Friday. As for San Mateo, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 3-2 victory against International on the 20th.
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