Mountain Empire is 10-0 against Julian since October of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Mountain Empire Redhawks are taking a road trip to challenge the Julian Eagles at 4:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Mountain Empire will head out to face Julian after giving up their first home loss of the season on Tuesday. Mountain Empire fell 3-1 to San Diego Jewish Academy. The Redhawks' defeat signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 15-25, 25-20, 25-15.
Meanwhile, Julian didn't have quite enough to beat Borrego Springs on Tuesday and fell 3-2. The Eagles have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Julian actually scored more points across those five sets (112-109), but sadly they still had to settle for second. After all that action, the final score was 25-22, 24-26, 25-22, 16-25, 19-17.
Even though they lost, Julian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 31 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Mountain Empire's loss dropped their record down to 8-5. As for Julian, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-6.
Everything went Mountain Empire's way against Julian when the teams last played back in October of 2023 as Mountain Empire made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mountain Empire since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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