Volleyball Preview: Los Lunas Tigers vs. Atrisco Heritage Academy Jaguars
A feisty cat fight will be fought when Tigers faces off against the Atrisco Heritage Academy Jaguars at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Los Lunas will be strutting in after a win while Atrisco Heritage Academy will be coming in after a defeat.
Los Lunas is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Albuquerque, who was ranked 11th in their home state at the time (Los Lunas was ranked fifth). Los Lunas came out on top in a nail-biter against Albuquerque on Tuesday, sneaking past 3-2.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Los Lunas who won the one that mattered. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 22-25, 25-19, 21-25, 15-12.
Meanwhile, Atrisco Heritage Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their eighth straight loss. They lost 3-0 to Albuquerque.
Atrisco Heritage Academy was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-22, 25-14.
Los Lunas is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season. As for Atrisco Heritage Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-16.
Everything went Los Lunas' way against Atrisco Heritage Academy in their previous matchup two weeks ago, as Los Lunas made off with a 3-0 victory. Does Los Lunas have another victory up their sleeve, or will Atrisco Heritage Academy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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