The Chavez Titans will face off against the McNair Eagles at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Chavez will be strutting in after a win while McNair will be coming in after a defeat.
Chavez took a loss when they played away from home on Monday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Wednesday. They had just enough and edged Weston Ranch out 3-2.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Chavez got the one that really mattered. The final score came out to 25-18, 17-25, 25-15, 20-25, 15-9.
Star Tek was her usual excellent self, getting 15 kills and six aces. She is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had seven or more in the last 13 games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Alina Razi, who had two aces, a kill, and a kill.
Meanwhile, McNair came up short against Edison on Wednesday and fell 3-1.
The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-21, 15-25, 25-14.
Despite the loss, McNair saw an underclassman step up: Keyla Yeng had 16 digs and five aces. With that strong performance, Yeng is now averaging an impressive 2.1 aces per game.
Even though they lost, McNair was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 16.8.
Chavez's victory bumped their record up to 6-7. As for McNair, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-5.
Chavez came out on top in a nail-biter against McNair when the teams last played two weeks ago, sneaking past 3-2. Will Chavez repeat their success, or does McNair have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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