Los Molinos lost against CORE Butte back in October of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Los Molinos Bulldogs fell just short of the CORE Butte Lynx by a score of 3-2. The loss continues a trend for the Bulldogs in their matchups with the Lynx: they've now lost three in a row.
Los Molinos actually scored more points across those five sets (103-97), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 18-25, 13-25, 25-18, 16-14.
When it comes to explaining why Los Molinos lost, don't look at Mckenna Mischell. Despite the final result, she had nine aces, a kill, and a kill. The dominant performance gave Mischell a new career-high in aces.
Even though they lost, Los Molinos was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 23 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 17.4.
CORE Butte got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Xitlali Gonzalez out in front who had 12 digs and five aces. Macey Ascherman was another key player, getting three digs, two kills, and two kills.
Los Molinos' defeat dropped their record down to 7-6. As for CORE Butte, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 8-4.
Los Molinos will head out to challenge Redding Christian at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Redding Christian is coming into the contest with five straight losses at home, meaning Los Molinos will have to defend against a squad hungry for a win. As for CORE Butte, they will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Chester at 6:30 p.m.
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