King and Roosevelt are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2018, but not for long. The King Wolves will head out on the road to square off against the Roosevelt Mustangs at 5:45 p.m. on Thursday. King is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
Last Tuesday, King narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Poly 3-2.
King took Poly into a fifth set where they got it done with a seven-point win. After all that action, the final score was 27-29, 25-20, 27-25, 14-25, 15-8.
Angeline Morales and Allison Mason were among the main playmakers for King as the former had 27 digs and the latter had 22 kills and 13 digs.
King kept the net locked down and finished the game with 11 blocks. That's the most blocks they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Roosevelt made easy work of El Dorado on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Mustangs.
The final score came out to 25-22, 25-17, 26-24.
Roosevelt found their leader in underclassman Gia Eleccion, who had 13 digs. With that strong performance, Eleccion is now averaging an impressive 4.7 digs per game.
King has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season. As for Roosevelt, their record is now 5-2.
King suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Roosevelt when the teams last played back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Roosevelt's Mya Capistrano, who had eight digs and eight aces. Now that King knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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