The Lake Balboa College Prep Cougars will venture away from home to take on the Discovery Warriors at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Lake Balboa College Prep will head out to face Discovery after giving up their first home loss of the season on Monday. The Cougars fell just short of Magnolia Science Academy Reseda by a score of 3-2. While the Cougars didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Warriors 25-18 in the first set.
Lake Balboa College Prep wouldn't go down easily and took Magnolia Science Academy Reseda into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 18-25, 25-20, 25-14, 14-25, 20-18.
Lake Balboa College Prep's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Molly Yeagley, who had ten digs, and Nare Orujyan, who had 18 digs, 11 kills, and six aces.
Meanwhile, Discovery came up short against Sun Valley Magnet on Monday and fell 3-1. While the Warriors didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Pioneers 25-21 in the first set.
Discovery came incredibly close to winning: the sets they lost were decided by three points or less. The final score came out to 21-25, 25-22, 25-22, 25-22.
The defeat was their first at home , dropping their record down to 14-6-1. As for Discovery, the loss was their first at home , dropping their record down to 9-7-1.
Everything went Lake Balboa College Prep's way against Discovery in their previous meeting back in September, as Lake Balboa College Prep made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Cougars since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
