Volleyball Preview: Sierra Vista Mountain Lions vs. Desert Oasis Diamondbacks
The Sierra Vista Mountain Lions will head out on the road to challenge the Desert Oasis Diamondbacks at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Sierra Vista is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
Sierra Vista is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Shadow Ridge, who was ranked 18th in their home state at the time (Sierra Vista was ranked seventh). Sierra Vista had just enough and edged Shadow Ridge out 3-2.
Sierra Vista was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (98-95), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 9-25, 25-18, 21-25, 25-23, 15-7.
Sierra Vista was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in four consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Desert Oasis suffered their biggest loss since September 12th on Monday. They came up short against Arbor View, falling 3-0.
While Desert Oasis was not able to make it on the board, they still kept things close, especially in the 0th set. The final score came out to 25-22, 25-12, 25-20.
Sierra Vista's win bumped their record up to 15-6. As for Desert Oasis, they have been struggling recently as they've lost ten of their last 12 matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 11-17 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Wednesday's contest: Sierra Vista has serving mastered this season, having averaged 9.6 aces per game. However, it's not like Desert Oasis struggles in that department as they've been averaging 4.7. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Sierra Vista beat Desert Oasis 3-1 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Sierra Vista 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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