Morro Bay entered their tilt with Lompoc on Thursday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over the Lompoc Braves. That's more bragging rights for the Pirates, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Morro Bay had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 22-25, 21-25, 25-23, 25-23, 15-6.
Lompoc lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Analise Vargas, who had 13 digs, nine aces, and three kills. Those nine aces gave Vargas a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Grace Day, who had 24 digs and four aces.
Morro Bay is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 13-13 record this season. As for Lompoc, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-11.
Coincidentally, both will both be playing Santa Maria the next time they take the court. Morro Bay will head out to face Santa Maria at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, while Lompoc will host them at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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