Volleyball Game Preview: Canyon Cougars vs. San Marcos Rattlers

By Team Reports Oct 2, 2024, 3:40am

Volleyball Preview: Canyon Cougars vs. San Marcos Rattlers

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Canyon is 4-0 against San Marcos since September of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Canyon Cougars will square off against the San Marcos Rattlers at 5:30 p.m. Canyon is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.

On Tuesday, Canyon got the win against Steele by a conclusive 3-0.

Canyon walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the third set). The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-21, 25-14.

Logan Sanders had an outrageously good game as she had 11 digs, four kills, and two aces. That's the most aces she has posted since back in August. The team also got some help courtesy of Sala Nuu, who had 22 digs and a kill.

Meanwhile, San Marcos didn't have quite enough to beat Steele on Friday and fell 3-2. The loss continues a trend for the Rattlers in their matchups with the Knights: they've now lost nine in a row.

San Marcos took Steele into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking ten-point loss. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 25-21, 22-25, 20-25, 15-5.

Canyon is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 25-12 record this season. As for San Marcos, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-13.

Everything went Canyon's way against San Marcos when the teams last played back in October of 2019, as Canyon made off with a 3-0 win. Will Canyon repeat their success, or does San Marcos have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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