After both having extra time off, the Lemoore Tigers and the Mission Oak Hawks will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Lemoore has six straight victories, Mission Oak has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Wednesday, everything went Lemoore's way against Tulare Union as Lemoore made off with a 3-0 win.
Lemoore was especially dominant in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-20, 25-18.
Meanwhile, Mission Oak didn't have quite enough to beat Tulare Western on Wednesday and fell 3-2.
Mission Oak wouldn't go down easily and took Tulare Western into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. The final score came out to 25-20, 25-22, 23-25, 24-26, 15-13.
Mission Oak's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Kylie Mendes, who had 25 digs, and Ava Buchanan, who had 11 digs.
Lemoore has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-7 record this season. As for Mission Oak, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-16.
Lemoore beat Mission Oak 3-1 in their previous matchup back in September. Will Lemoore repeat their success, or does Mission Oak have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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