Escondido Charter posted their closest victory since March 14th on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged out the San Ysidro Cougars 3-2. The Tigers have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Cougars, too.
Escondido Charter had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-27, 24-26, 25-19, 25-14, 15-8.
Manoah Paschall paced Escondido Charter's offense, picking up 25 kills. Paschall got some help from Axel Campbell and his 51 assists.
Despite the loss, San Ysidro had strong showings from Ryan Nance, who had 32 digs and one assist, and Jake Elguira, who had ten digs and eight kills. Nance has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more digs the last three times he's played.
Escondido Charter has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 18-7 record this season. As for San Ysidro, they dropped their record down to 14-8 with the defeat, which was their third straight on the road.
Looking ahead, Escondido Charter will face off against La Jolla Country Day at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for San Ysidro, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 3-1 loss against Coronado on the 9th.
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