Manteca posted their closest victory since April 19, 2024 on Monday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Mountain House Mustangs 3-2. The victory continues a trend for the Buffaloes in their matchups with the Mustangs: they've now won five in a row.
Manteca was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (99-97), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 19-25, 25-16, 25-22, 13-25, 15-11.

Alex Khizeran
03/24/25 @ Mountain House | 13 |
03/21/25 vs St. Mary's | 8 |
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Manteca was led to victory by Alex Khizeran and Raclif Figueroa. Khizeran had 13 digs, while Figueroa had seven digs and one assist. That's the most digs Khizeran has posted over his last five matchups.
Manteca's win bumped their record up to 10-4. As for Mountain House, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-4.
Manteca and Mountain House should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps California Rankings. Manteca (ranked 218th) will meet East Union (ranked 468th) at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Mountain House will face off against Patterson at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday up 462 places (107 vs. 569).
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