Rancho San Juan has gone 5-0 against Marina recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Rancho San Juan Trailblazers will host the Marina Mariners at 6:00 p.m. Rancho San Juan will be strutting in after a victory while Marina will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Wednesday, Rancho San Juan earned a 3-1 win over North Monterey County.
Rancho San Juan had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 26-28, 26-24, 25-20, 25-23.
Rancho San Juan was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in six consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Marina entered their match against St. Francis on Wednesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Marina fell just short of St. Francis by a score of 3-2. The Mariners have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Marina actually scored more points across those five sets (108-95), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 14-25, 25-23, 16-25, 25-22, 15-13.
Rancho San Juan is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-8 record this season. As for Marina, their loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-4.
Rancho San Juan came out on top in a nail-biter against Marina when the teams last played on September 7th, sneaking past 2-1. Does Rancho San Juan have another victory up their sleeve, or will Marina turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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