After two games on the road, McNair is heading back home. They will host the Chavez Titans at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. McNair will be strutting in after a victory while Chavez will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Wednesday, McNair earned a 3-1 win over Stagg.
McNair had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first first set, they turned around to win the next three. After all that action, the final score was 22-25, 25-23, 25-18, 25-17.
McNair can attribute much of their success to Naohmi Tapia, who had eight aces and five digs, and Keyla Yeng, who had 16 digs and two aces. The dominant performance gave Tapia a new career-high in aces.
McNair was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Chavez didn't have quite enough to beat Tokay on Wednesday and fell 3-2. The Titans have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Chavez took Tokay into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking three-point loss. The final score came out to 34-36, 25-14, 25-16, 24-26, 15-12.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Star Tek, who had 17 kills. She is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had seven or more in the last nine games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Joyce Maykaela Castro, who had four aces and 16 assists.
McNair is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Chavez, their loss dropped their record down to 2-5.
McNair suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Chavez when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Will McNair have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other volleyball content.
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