Volleyball Preview: Mountain Pointe Pride vs. Desert Mountain Wolves
Mountain Pointe has gone 3-0 against Desert Mountain recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Mountain Pointe Pride's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Desert Mountain Wolves at 6:00 p.m.
Mountain Pointe came up short against Campo Verde on Wednesday, falling 3-0. The loss continues a trend for the Pride in their matchups with the Coyotes: they've now lost six in a row.
Mountain Pointe was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-11, 25-23.
Mountain Pointe's defeat came about despite a quality game from Fiona Hanrahan, who had ten digs.
Even though they lost, Mountain Pointe was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last seven contests.
Meanwhile, Desert Mountain came into Tuesday's game having lost four straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. Everything went their way against Arizona College Prep on Tuesday as Desert Mountain made off with a 3-0 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Wolves have posted since September 5th.
Desert Mountain's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Arizona College Prep between 17 and 20 points across their sets. The final score came out to 25-17, 25-20, 25-18.
Mountain Pointe's loss dropped their record down to 9-20. As for Desert Mountain, their win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 14-18.
Mountain Pointe was able to grind out a solid victory over Desert Mountain when the teams last played back in September of 2021, winning 2-0. Will Mountain Pointe repeat their success, or does Desert Mountain have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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