After flying high against Sierra last Wednesday, Mountain House came back down to earth. Mountain House fell just short of the Manteca Buffaloes by a score of 3-2 on Monday. The defeat continues a trend for the Mustangs in their meetings with the Buffaloes: they've now lost five in a row.
Mountain House actually scored more points across those five sets (99-97), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 19-25, 25-16, 25-22, 13-25, 15-11.
Manteca was led to victory by Alex Khizeran and Raclif Figueroa. Khizeran had 13 digs, while Figueroa had seven digs and one assist. That's the most digs Khizeran has posted over his last five contests.
Mountain House's loss was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 10-4. As for Manteca, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 10-4.
Mountain House and Manteca should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps California Rankings. Mountain House will take on Patterson at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday up 462 places (107 vs. 569). Meanwhile, Manteca (ranked 218th) will meet East Union (ranked 468th) at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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