Volleyball Preview: Cheyenne Mountain Red-Tailed Hawks vs. Discovery Canyon Thunder
On Thursday Cheyenne Mountain will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will venture away from home to take on the Discovery Canyon Thunder at 6:00 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
On Tuesday, Cheyenne Mountain sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Lewis-Palmer.
Cheyenne Mountain was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. The match finished with set scores of 14-25, 25-23, 23-25, 25-22, 15-9.
Meanwhile, Discovery Canyon can finally bid farewell to their three-game losing streak thanks to their game on Tuesday. They won by a set and slipped past Air Academy 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (106-95) Discovery Canyon actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 8-25, 25-22, 25-20, 21-25, 16-14.
Cheyenne Mountain has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a massive bump to their 8-5 record this season. As for Discovery Canyon, their victory ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 7-8.
Everything went Cheyenne Mountain's way against Discovery Canyon in their previous meeting back in September, as Cheyenne Mountain made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Cheyenne Mountain since the squad 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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