King City is 1-9 against Carmel since September of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Mustangs will venture away from home to challenge the Padres at 6:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Fans were treated to a battle of the Mustangs on Thursday. King City fell just short of Monte Vista Christian by a score of 3-2. The game snapped a strange streak: the last four times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
In a back-and-forth that saw neither team win consecutive sets, King City sadly dropped the once that decided the match. The final score came out to 25-20, 14-25, 25-22, 19-25, 15-10.
Carmel had taken Salinas down for two straight games at home, but that winning streak came to an end on Tuesday. The Padres fell 3-1 to the Cowboys. While the Padres didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Cowboys 25-12 in the first set.
Carmel started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 12-25, 25-16, 25-19, 27-25.
Carmel's defeat dropped their record down to 11-8. As for King City, their loss dropped their record down to 6-9.
King City couldn't quite get it done against Carmel in their previous matchup back in September as they fell 3-1. Can the Mustangs avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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