Muir also struggled to find scoring, as seven of its 12 match points came off Glendale service errors. The Mustangs' Jessica McClain did finish the game with two digs and a kill.
"We shouldn't have missed as many serves as we did," Glendale (4-2, 1-1 in league) Coach Jennifer Vo said. "We have been struggling on our serving the last few games. They were able to still serve tough today."
Glendale took control of the match from the very beginning, jumping out to an 8-0 lead in the first game behind six straight aces from Gabrielle Magpantay, who finished with eight. The Nitros went on to win the first game, 25-4, behind 13 aces.
Muir kept the second game close in the beginning, with the score tied 3-3, before Glendale went on a 22-3 run for a 25-6 win. Ninette Mirzakhanian had five kills in the second game and a team-high nine in the match.
"I tried to mix it up so they didn't know what to expect — put it different places, use a hard serve, float serve, whatever I could to keep them off-balance," Mirzakhanian said. "This was good practice because we have really been struggling on our serves lately."
The Nitros didn't let up in the third game, keeping most of their starters in and putting up their most dominant performance of the match, defeating the Mustangs, 25-2.
"That's probably our biggest problem," Vo said. "We tend to play down after winning the first or second game, so it was really nice to see them play stronger in the third game."
