American is on a three-game streak of home losses, and Newark Memorial a five-game streak of away losses. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Tuesday. The American Eagles will look to defend their home court against the Newark Memorial Cougars at 6:30 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
The home team had come away the winner the last four times American and Mission San Jose had met, but sadly for the fans who attended this one that wasn't the case. The Eagles fell just short of the Warriors by a score of 3-2 on Thursday.
American actually scored more points across those five sets (103-101), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The final score came out to 25-22, 17-25, 19-25, 25-21, 15-10.
Meanwhile, Newark Memorial came up short against Irvington on Thursday and fell 3-1.
The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 21-25, 25-17, 25-23.
Newark Memorial's defeat dropped their record down to 2-13. As for American, their loss dropped their record down to 3-5.
American took their victory against Newark Memorial in their previous meeting back in March by a conclusive 3-0 score. Will the Eagles repeat their success, or do the Cougars have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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