Clint and Mountain View are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2019, but not for long. The Clint Lions will be playing at home against the Mountain View Lobos at 6:35 p.m. on Friday. Clint will be strutting in after a win while Mountain View will be coming in after a defeat.
Having struggled with 11 losses in a row, Clint finally turned things around against Riverside on Tuesday. They skirted past the Rangers 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (100-92) Clint actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 25-19, 13-25, 14-25, 25-22, 15-9.
Clint relied on the efforts of Flor Medina, who had 11 digs, and Kayla Luna, who had nine digs and two aces. The dominant performance gave Luna a new career-high in aces.
Clint was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Mountain View was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They came up short against San Elizario, falling 3-0.
While Mountain View was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into San Elizario's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-19, 25-23.
Clint's victory ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-18. As for Mountain View, their loss dropped their record down to 5-16.
Clint took their win against Mountain View in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Will Clint repeat their success, or does Mountain View have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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