Southside unfortunately couldn't capitalize on their home-court advantage in their season opener. They fell just short of the Burbank Bulldogs by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday. The Cardinals have struggled against the Bulldogs recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive lost matchup.
Southside actually scored more points across those five sets (106-103), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The final score came out to 17-25, 26-24, 20-25, 25-23, 15-9.
Several Cardinals players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Lila Tagle, who had 17 digs and one assist.
Coming up, Southside will take on Edison at 9:00 a.m. on Friday. As for Burbank, they will take on John F. Kennedy in a tournament on Thursday.
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