Horizon Prep waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Everything went their way against the High Tech Mesa Thunder as they made off with a 3-0 win. This was payback for the Lions, who suffered a 3-0 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Horizon Prep never let High Tech Mesa on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 27-25, 25-18.
Horizon Prep found their leader in freshman Catalina Baxter, who had eight digs and three aces. Baxter is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last five games she's played.
Baxter wasn't the only good server: Horizon Prep was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 12 aces in four consecutive games.
Horizon Prep is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a massive bump to their 9-11 record this season. As for High Tech Mesa, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-11.
Horizon Prep does not have any more games scheduled as of now. After both having extra time off, High Tech Mesa and Mar Vista will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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