The Monte Vista Monarchs will take on the Valhalla Norsemen at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Monte Vista will be strutting in after a win while Valhalla will be coming in after a loss.
Monte Vista took a loss when they played away from home on Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They came out on top against West Hills by a score of 3-1. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last five times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.
Monte Vista had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 18-25, 28-26, 25-17, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Valhalla unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They lost 3-0 to El Capitan. The shutout was out of character for the Norsemen seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in March.
While Valhalla was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into El Capitan's winning margin in every set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-21, 25-23.
Valhalla's defeat dropped their record down to 8-10. As for Monte Vista, they pushed their record up to 16-8 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home.
Monte Vista beat Valhalla 3-1 when the teams last played back in March. Do the Monarchs have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Norsemen turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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