After flying high against Mt. Whitney on Monday, Monache came back down to earth. The Marauders lost 3-0 to the Redwood Rangers on Wednesday. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Rangers this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 2-0 two weeks ago.
The final score came out to 25-19, 25-11, 25-13.
Monache's offense was headlined by Melissa Rodriguez and London Haynes, who picked up eight kills apiece. They got some help from Jaylee Alvarico and her ten assists. She was also solid from the service line: she led the team with two aces.
Redwood was led to victory by Elise Minnick and Journey Vela. Minnick had ten assists and five aces, while Vela had six digs and two aces. Those five aces gave Minnick a new career-high. Lana Alipaz also deserves some recognition as she had her first block of the season.
Monache has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matches. That's put a noticeable dent in their 11-12-1 record this season. As for Redwood, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 15-12.
We've got plenty of inter-league action coming up soon. Monache is set to challenge their familiar foe El Diamante at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Redwood will face off against rival Porterville at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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