The Maryvale Panthers are taking a road trip to challenge the La Joya Community Fighting Lobos at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Maryvale is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
Maryvale lost 3-0 to Browne on Thursday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest defeat the Panthers have suffered against the Bruins since October 24, 2019.
While Maryvale was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Browne's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-20, 25-21.
Meanwhile, La Joya Community narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Independence 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Fighting Lobos.
La Joya Community was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 18-25, 17-25, 25-20, 15-11.
Maryvale's loss dropped their record down to 4-9. As for La Joya Community, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-8 record this season.
Maryvale might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from La Joya Community in their previous matchup back in September of 2019. Can Maryvale avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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