The Santa Margarita Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the Servite Friars at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Santa Margarita is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of California's top teams: JSerra Catholic, who was ranked 16th at the time (Santa Margarita was ranked 17th). The Eagles put the hurt on the Lions with a sharp 3-0 win on Monday. The victory was familiar territory for the Eagles, who have now won three matchups in a row.
While Santa Margarita won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The final score came out to 25-19, 25-17, 26-24.
Meanwhile, Servite got the win against Orange Lutheran on Monday by a conclusive 3-0. The win continues a trend for the Friars in their matchups with the Lancers: they've now won eight in a row.
Santa Margarita's victory bumped their record up to 22-8. As for Servite, they now have a winning record of 18-17.
Santa Margarita might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Servite in their previous meeting two weeks ago. Can the Eagles avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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