The Chavez Titans will head out on the road to challenge the McNair Eagles at 6:30 p.m. on Monday.
Last Wednesday, Chavez didn't have quite enough to beat Tokay and fell 3-2. The Titans have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Chavez took Tokay into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking three-point loss. After all that action, the final score was 34-36, 25-14, 25-16, 24-26, 15-12.
Despite their loss, Chavez saw several players rise to the challenge and make noteworthy plays. Star Tek, who had 17 kills, was perhaps the best of all. Tek is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had seven or more in the last nine games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Joyce Maykaela Castro, who had four aces and 16 assists.
She wasn't the only good server: Chavez was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, McNair had already won two in a row, and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Delta Kings.
McNair was staring down a 1-0 deficit headed into the second set, but they rallied to take the next three for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 22-25, 25-23, 25-18, 25-17.
Naohmi Tapia and Keyla Yeng were among the main playmakers for McNair as the former had eight aces and five digs and the latter had 16 digs and two aces. The dominant performance gave Tapia a new career-high in aces.
Chavez's defeat dropped their record down to 2-5. As for McNair, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season.
Chavez took their win against McNair in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Chavez since the team 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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