Marina hasn't had much luck against Rancho San Juan recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Marina Mariners will challenge the Rancho San Juan Trailblazers at 6:00 p.m.
Marina will head out to face Rancho San Juan after giving up their first home loss of the season on Wednesday. Marina fell just short of St. Francis by a score of 3-2. The Mariners have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
The 3-2 doesn't really show just how close this match was: all the sets Marina lost were decided by three points or less. The match finished with set scores of 14-25, 25-23, 16-25, 25-22, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Rancho San Juan was able to grind out a solid victory over North Monterey County on Wednesday, taking the game 3-1.
Rancho San Juan 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 26-28, 26-24, 25-20, 25-23.
Rancho San Juan was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in six consecutive matches.
Marina's loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-4. As for Rancho San Juan, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-8 record this season.
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