The Mira Costa Mustangs will challenge the South Spartans at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The timing is sure in Mira Costa's favor as the team sits on 20 straight wins at home (dating back to last season) while South has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road.
Mira Costa is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of California's top teams: El Segundo, who was ranked 25th at the time (Mira Costa was ranked first). Mira Costa came out on top against El Segundo by a score of 3-1 on Friday. The Mustangs haven't had any issues with the Eagles recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive win against them.
Mira Costa 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 23-25, 25-17, 25-14, 25-16.
Meanwhile, South came up short against El Segundo on Thursday, falling 3-0.
While South was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into El Segundo's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-20, 25-21.
Mira Costa's victory bumped their record up to 22-1. As for South, they now have a losing record of 10-11.
Mira Costa took their win against South in their previous meeting on March 13th by a conclusive 3-0. Does Mira Costa have another victory up their sleeve, or will South turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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