Manual Arts had taken West Adams down for two straight games at home, but that winning streak came to an end on Friday. The Manual Arts Toilers fell just short of the West Adams Panthers by a score of 3-2. The Toilers were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Panthers apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in April of 2024.
Manual Arts actually scored more points across those five sets (99-97), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The final score came out to 17-25, 25-17, 15-25, 25-22, 15-10.
Taysean Cassasola paced Manual Arts' offense, picking up 18 kills. Cassasola got some help from Angel Hernandez and his 20 assists. Alejando Mejia controlled things from the service line, finishing with 14 aces.
Manual Arts' defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 0-2. As for West Adams, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 4-1.
Coming up, Manual Arts will challenge Jefferson at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. As for West Adams, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 3-2 win against Franklin on the 10th.
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