Morro Bay has gone 9-1 against Santa Maria recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Morro Bay Pirates will take on the Santa Maria Saints at 6:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Morro Bay has five straight wins, Santa Maria has 16 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Thursday, Morro Bay sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Lompoc.
Morro Bay had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 21-25, 25-23, 25-23, 15-6.
Meanwhile, Santa Maria didn't have quite enough to beat Orcutt Academy on Thursday and fell 3-2. While the Saints didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Spartans 25-20 in the first set.
Santa Maria took Orcutt Academy into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking five-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-13, 18-25, 25-16, 15-10.
Morro Bay pushed their record up to 13-13 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Santa Maria, their loss dropped their record down to 1-18.
Morro Bay took their victory against Santa Maria in their previous matchup on October 3rd by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Morro Bay since the team 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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