The Loyola Cubs are packing up and heading out on the road for their first away game this season. they will square off against the Huntington Beach Oilers at 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday. Loyola will be strutting in after a win while Huntington Beach will be coming in after a loss.
Huntington Beach will be up against a hot Loyola squad: the team just extended their winning streak to 15. Loyola came within a single set of losing the streak, but they secured a 3-2 W against Redondo Union.
Loyola got the W, but it wasn't easy, at least in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 30-32, 25-16, 25-21, 20-25, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Huntington Beach came up short against Mira Costa on Saturday and fell 2-0. The defeat continues a trend for the Oilers in their matchups with the Mustangs: they've now lost four in a row.
Huntington Beach might've come up short, but they didn't make it easy on Mira Costa: every set was decided by exactly two points. The final score came out to 25-23, 25-23.
Having lost for the first time this season, Huntington Beach fell to 2-1. As for Loyola, they pushed their record up to 2-0 with the victory, which was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season.
Loyola skirted past Huntington Beach 3-2 when the teams last played back in April of 2024. The rematch might be a little tougher for Loyola 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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