Volleyball Preview: Virgin Valley Bulldogs vs. Cheyenne Desert Shields
Virgin Valley is 7-1 against Cheyenne since August of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Virgin Valley Bulldogs will challenge the Cheyenne Desert Shields at 6:00 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Virgin Valley will bounce into Tuesday's matchup after beating Coral Academy of Science Las Vegas, who they hadn't topped in six consecutive meetings. Virgin Valley sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Coral Academy of Science Las Vegas on Monday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bulldogs.
Virgin Valley wouldn't go down easily and took Coral Academy of Science Las Vegas into a fifth set where they got it done with a five-point win. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-22, 24-26, 21-25, 15-10.
Meanwhile, Cheyenne had just enough and edged Cristo Rey St. Viator out 3-2 on Tuesday.
Cheyenne had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 22-25, 18-25, 25-17, 25-13, 15-10.
Virgin Valley has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season. As for Cheyenne, their win bumped their record up to 7-13-1.
Virgin Valley took their victory against Cheyenne when the teams last played back in August by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Virgin Valley 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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