Tahoma has gone 8-2 against Mt. Rainier recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The Tahoma Bears will face off against the Mt. Rainier Rams at 7:15 p.m.
Tahoma will head out to face Mt. Rainier after giving up their first home loss of the season on Wednesday. Tahoma fell just short of Kentwood by a score of 3-2. It was the first time this season that the Bears let down their fans at home.
Meanwhile, Mt. Rainier waltzed into their contest on Monday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They put the hurt on the Chargers with a sharp 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Mt. Rainier was: they took every set by at least 14 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-11, 25-7.
Mt. Rainier can attribute much of their success to Renny Faasao, who had four aces and three digs, and Manaia Alefaio Foifua, who had ten digs. The dominant performance gave Faasao a new career-high in aces.
Mt. Rainier was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 22 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in seven consecutive matchups.
Tahoma's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-6-1. As for Mt. Rainier, they pushed their record up to 8-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Tahoma beat Mt. Rainier 3-1 when the teams last played back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for Tahoma since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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