Volleyball Preview: Cimarron-Memorial Spartans vs. Green Valley Gators
Cimarron-Memorial and Green Valley are an even 3-3 against one another since August of 2014, but not for long. The Cimarron-Memorial Spartans will venture away from home to challenge the Green Valley Gators at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Green Valley took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Cimarron-Memorial, who comes in off a win.
Cimarron-Memorial is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Southeast Career Tech, who was ranked 11th in their home state at the time (Cimarron-Memorial was ranked 15th). Cimarron-Memorial won by a set and slipped past Southeast Career Tech 3-2.
Cimarron-Memorial wouldn't go down easily and took Southeast Career Tech into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 25-20, 25-20, 20-25, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Green Valley entered their contest against Sierra Vista on Monday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Green Valley fell 3-1 to Sierra Vista. The Gators haven't had much luck with the Mountain Lions recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
The final score came out to 25-17, 25-16, 24-26, 25-22.
Even though they lost, Green Valley was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 12 aces in three consecutive matches.
Cimarron-Memorial is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 23-10 record this season. As for Green Valley, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 21-16.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Wednesday's matchup: Cimarron-Memorial has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 10.4 aces per game. However, it's not like Green Valley struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.2. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Everything went Cimarron-Memorial's way against Green Valley when the teams last played back in September, as Cimarron-Memorial made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Cimarron-Memorial 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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