Volleyball Preview: Durango Demons vs. Montrose Red Hawks
The Durango Demons will head out on the road to take on the Montrose Red Hawks at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Durango took a loss when they played away from home on Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged Alamosa out 3-2.
Durango was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (104-95), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-20, 18-25, 12-25, 15-13.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Tuesday Montrose sidestepped Fruita Monument for a 3-2 victory.
Montrose wouldn't go down easily and took Fruita Monument into a fifth set where they got it done with a seven-point win. The final score came out to 25-21, 21-25, 20-25, 25-6, 15-8.
Durango's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-7. As for Montrose, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season.
Durango came up short against Montrose in their previous matchup back in September, falling 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Montrose's Avery Kingsbury, who had 23 digs. Now that Durango knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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