Volleyball Preview: Cyprus Pirates vs. Hunter Wolverines
Cyprus is 1-9 against Hunter since October of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Cyprus Pirates will look to defend their home court against the Hunter Wolverines at 6:00 p.m. Cyprus will be looking to keep their eight-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Last Thursday, Cyprus beat Kearns 3-1.
Cyprus walked away with the win (and looked especially good in the fourth set). The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-22, 20-25, 25-10.
Cyprus was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in five consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Hunter's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They fell just short of West Jordan by a score of 3-2.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Hunter sadly wound up on the wrong side. The final score came out to 25-17, 14-25, 25-15, 22-25, 16-14.
Cyprus has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-12 record this season. As for Hunter, their loss dropped their record down to 3-7.
Cyprus took their victory against Hunter in their previous meeting back in September by a conclusive 3-0. Will Cyprus repeat their success, or does Hunter have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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