Volleyball Preview: Montgomery Aztecs vs. Hilltop Lancers
Montgomery and Hilltop are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2018, but not for long. The Montgomery Aztecs will head out on the road to challenge the Hilltop Lancers at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, it was close, but Montgomery sidestepped Sweetwater for a 3-2 win.
Montgomery was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (106-99), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 14-25, 25-20, 19-25, 26-24, 15-12.
Meanwhile, Hilltop entered their tilt with Sweetwater on Thursday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They came out on top against the Red Devils by a score of 3-1.
Hilltop walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the fourth set). The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-22, 17-25, 25-8.
Montgomery's win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 5-24. As for Hilltop, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a massive bump to their 15-9 record this season.
Montgomery suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Hilltop when the teams last played back in September. Can Montgomery avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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