Mountain View and Clint are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2019, but not for long. The Mountain View Lobos are taking a road trip to take on the Clint Lions at 6:35 p.m. on Friday. Mountain View has now lost seven straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since September 17.
Mountain View came up short against San Elizario on Tuesday, falling 3-0.
While Mountain View was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into San Elizario's winning margin in every set. The final score came out to 25-11, 25-19, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Clint had to endure an 11-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They had just enough and edged Riverside out 3-2.
Clint was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (100-92), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 13-25, 14-25, 25-22, 15-9.
Clint can attribute much of their success to Flor Medina, who had 11 digs, and Kayla Luna, who had nine digs and two aces. Those two aces gave Luna a new career-high.
She wasn't the only good server: Clint was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Mountain View's loss dropped their record down to 5-16. As for Clint, their victory ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-18.
Mountain View might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Clint in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Can Mountain View avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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