The Monache Marauders are taking a road trip to challenge the El Diamante Miners at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Monache is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses.
Last Tuesday, Monache came up short against Porterville and fell 3-1.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 17-25, 25-15, 25-19.
Meanwhile, El Diamante was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell just short of Golden West by a score of 3-2. While the Miners didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Trailblazers 25-18 in the first set.
The 3-2 doesn't really show just how close this match was: all the sets El Diamante lost were decided by three points or less. The match finished with set scores of 18-25, 26-24, 15-25, 26-24, 15-13.
Monache's defeat dropped their record down to 6-18. As for El Diamante, their loss ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 17-6.
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