The Louisville Royals will take on the Marlborough Mustangs at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Thursday, Louisville got the win against Flintridge Sacred Heart by a conclusive 3-0.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-20, 25-18.
Meanwhile, Marlborough had already won 13 in a row and they went ahead and made it 14 on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Tologs.
Marlborough never let Flintridge Sacred Heart on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-19, 25-23.
Marlborough can attribute much of their success to Tata Vongfak, who had 16 digs and two aces, and Madison Phan, who had seven digs.
They weren't the only good server: Marlborough was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in eight consecutive games.
Louisville has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season. As for Marlborough, their victory was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 20-5.
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