The Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology Griffins's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Discovery Warriors at 3:30 p.m. on Monday.
Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology came up short against Magnolia Science Academy Reseda on Thursday, falling 3-0. The Griffins haven't had much luck with the Warriors recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-9, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Discovery was able to grind out a solid win over Magnolia Science Academy Van Nuys on Thursday, taking the game 3-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Warriors.
The final score came out to 25-9, 25-2, 19-25, 25-23.
Discovery found their leader in underclassman Ashlyn Rico, who had ten aces. Those ten aces set a new season-high mark for Rico. The team also got some help courtesy of Bridget Alvarado, who had five kills and three aces.
Discovery was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 12.2.
Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology's loss dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Discovery, their record is now 5-6.
Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology came up short against Discovery when the teams last played on September 5th, falling 3-1. Can Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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