Valley and Manila squared off in some playoff action on Saturday, but Valley had to settle for second. They fell 3-1 to the Manila Mustangs. The Buffalos haven't had much luck with the Mustangs recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Valley was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Manila work for it, especially in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 27-25, 25-17, 17-25, 25-12.
Even though they lost, Valley was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in six consecutive contests.
With the defeat, Valley broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 19-7. As for Manila, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-8 record this season.
Valley has already played their next match, a 2-0 victory against Milford on the 2nd. As for Manila, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 3-0 loss against Panguitch on the 2nd.
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