The Montebello Oilers will head out to face off against the Santa Fe Chiefs at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Montebello will be strutting in after a win while Santa Fe will be coming in after a defeat.
Montebello 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 out El Rancho 3-2.
Montebello was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (103-98), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 18-25, 15-25, 25-21, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Santa Fe didn't have quite enough to beat Tustin on Wednesday and fell 3-2.
Santa Fe took Tustin into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 15-25, 21-25, 25-15, 15-13.
Montebello's victory bumped their record up to 2-3. As for Santa Fe, their loss dropped their record down to 0-1.
Montebello came up short against Santa Fe when the teams last played back in February of 2024, falling 3-1. Can Montebello avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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