The Whitney Wildcats will head out to challenge the St. Francis Troubadours at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Whitney is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses.
Whitney will head into Wednesday's matchup after some sweet revenge against Davis Sr.: Whitney couldn't quite topple Davis Sr. on Wednesday, but it was still a huge improvement compared to the three-set loss they took when the two last played. Whitney put the hurt on Davis Sr. with a sharp 3-0 win. That looming 3-0 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Wildcats yet this season.
Whitney never let Davis Sr. on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-21, 26-24.
Meanwhile, St. Francis was able to grind out a solid victory over Granite Bay on Wednesday, taking the game 3-1.
St. Francis walked away with the win (and looked especially good in the second set). The final score came out to 25-22, 25-14, 22-25, 25-18.
St. Francis' success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Mana Jafari led the charge by getting eight digs and five aces. Those five aces gave Jafari a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Sydney Chow, who had two aces and 22 assists.
She wasn't the only good server: St. Francis was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in three consecutive games.
Whitney's victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 13-18. As for St. Francis, their record now sits at 20-10.
Whitney might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from St. Francis when the teams last played back in September. Can Whitney avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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