After both having extra time off, the Mountain View Eagles and MMI Preparatory School will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
MMI Preparatory School is hoping to do what Lakeland couldn't last Thursday: put an end to Mountain View's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Everything went Mountain View's way against Lakeland as Mountain View made off with a 3-0 victory.
Mountain View's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Lakeland between 13 and 16 points across their sets. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-16, 25-15.
Mountain View relied on the efforts of Ryleigh Kilmer, who had 13 digs, and Rachael Evans, who hit 75% for seven killseight digs and five aces. Evans is also on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 14 or more in the last 16 games she's played.
Mountain View was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, MMI Preparatory School hadn't done well against Executive Education Academy Charter School recently (they were 0-6 in their previous six matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. MMI Preparatory School put the hurt on Executive Education Academy Charter School with a sharp 3-0 win.
MMI Preparatory School was especially dominant in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-11, 25-21.
Mountain View has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season. As for MMI Preparatory School, their victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 4-17.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's game: Mountain View hasn't let much over the net this season, having averaged 9.2 blocks per game. It's a different story for MMI Preparatory School, though, as they've been averaging only 0.3. Given Mountain View's sizable advantage in that area, MMI Preparatory School will need to find a way to close that gap.
Mountain View took their win against MMI Preparatory School when the teams last played back in October of 2022 by a conclusive 3-0. Will Mountain View repeat their success, or does MMI Preparatory School have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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