Volleyball Preview: Rancho Cotate Cougars vs. Healdsburg Greyhounds
Rancho Cotate has gone 9-1 against Healdsburg recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Rancho Cotate Cougars will venture away from home to challenge the Healdsburg Greyhounds at 6:30 p.m. Rancho Cotate is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
Last Tuesday, Rancho Cotate made easy work of Elsie Allen and carried off a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Rancho Cotate was: they took every set by at least 16 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-3, 25-8, 25-9.
Rancho Cotate was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, Healdsburg was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell just short of Analy by a score of 3-2. While the Greyhounds didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Tigers 28-26 in the first set.
Healdsburg started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 26-28, 20-25, 25-22, 25-16, 15-9.
The victory got Rancho Cotate back to even at 12-12. As for Healdsburg, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-17.
Rancho Cotate was able to grind out a solid win over Healdsburg when the teams last played back in September, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Rancho Cotate 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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