Volleyball Preview: El Dorado Aztecs vs. Del Valle Conquistadores
El Dorado has gone 9-1 against Del Valle recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. After both having extra time off, the two teams will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 6:35 p.m. Both are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Del Valle is hoping to do what Parkland couldn't on Tuesday: put an end to El Dorado's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Everything went El Dorado's way against Parkland as El Dorado made off with a 3-0 victory.
One reason for the win was El Dorado's dynamic defense, which allowed fewer and fewer points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 27-25, 25-22, 25-10.
El Dorado found their leader in underclassman Natalia Ruiz, who had 12 digs. Ruiz has been hot recently, having posted ten or more digs the last ten times she's played.
El Dorado was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 11.6.
Meanwhile, Del Valle waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They blew past the Knights 3-0.
While Del Valle won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The final score came out to 25-18, 25-21, 25-22.
El Dorado is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-12 record this season. As for Del Valle, their win bumped their record up to 14-10.
El Dorado came up short against Del Valle when the teams last played back in August of 2023, falling 2-0. Can El Dorado avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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