After both having extra time off, the Basis Independent Silicon Valley Bobcats and the Mountain View Academy Mustangs will shake off the cobwebs and take on one another at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Basis Independent Silicon Valley has 12 straight wins, Mountain View Academy has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Basis Independent Silicon Valley will bounce into Tuesday's contest after beating Design Tech, who they had gone 0-3 against in their three prior meetings. Basis Independent Silicon Valley was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Design Tech last Friday.
The final score came out to 25-10, 25-11, 25-20.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Basis Independent Silicon Valley to victory, but perhaps none more so than Iris Li, who had 11 aces, four digs, and a kill. Those 11 aces gave Li a new career-high. Vienna Li was another key player, getting 13 kills, ten digs, three aces, and a block.
She wasn't the only good server: Basis Independent Silicon Valley was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 14 aces in 12 consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Mountain View Academy didn't have quite enough to beat East Palo Alto Academy last Thursday and fell 3-2. While the Mustangs didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Bulldogs 25-23 in the first set.
Mountain View Academy started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 18-25, 25-20, 25-23, 15-8.
Despite the defeat, Mountain View Academy saw an underclassman step up: Isadora DeSouza had 11 aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Audrey Mackey, who had six aces.
Basis Independent Silicon Valley pushed their record up to 12-0 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Mountain View Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 3-9.
Basis Independent Silicon Valley took their win against Mountain View Academy when the teams last played on October 2nd by a conclusive 3-0. Does Basis Independent Silicon Valley have another victory up their sleeve, or will Mountain View Academy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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