Volleyball Preview: Valor Christian Eagles vs. Arvada West Wildcats
Valor Christian has gone 6-0 against Arvada West recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Valor Christian Eagles will look to defend their home court against the Arvada West Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Valor Christian sitting on 42 straight wins dating back to last season and Arvada West on three.
Last Tuesday, everything went Valor Christian's way against Golden as Valor Christian made off with a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Valor Christian was: they took every set by at least 11 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-14, 25-7.
Valor Christian had a senior duo take command as Chloe Elarton hit 100% for six killsseven digs and five aces and Sophia Leimbach had 11 digs. Elarton is also on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 17 or more in the last 38 games she's played dating back to last season.
Valor Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, Arvada West hadn't done well against Columbine recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Arvada West had just enough and edged Columbine out 3-2.
Arvada West wouldn't go down easily and took Columbine into a fifth set where they got it done with a eight-point win. The final score came out to 25-14, 25-14, 15-25, 21-25, 15-7.
Valor Christian pushed their record up to 13-0 with the win, which was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Arvada West, their victory bumped their record up to 11-6.
Everything went Valor Christian's way against Arvada West in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, as Valor Christian made off with a 3-0 win. Does Valor Christian have another victory up their sleeve, or will Arvada West turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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