Volleyball Preview: Mesilla Valley Christian School SonBlazers vs. Lordsburg Mavericks
Mesilla Valley Christian School is 9-1 against Lordsburg since October of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Mesilla Valley Christian School SonBlazers will head out to face off against the Lordsburg Mavericks at 6:00 p.m. Mesilla Valley Christian School will be looking to extend their current seven-game winning streak.
Last Saturday, everything went Mesilla Valley Christian School's way against Mescalero Apache as Mesilla Valley Christian School made off with a 3-0 win.
The victory didn't come easy: Mescalero Apache scored at least 16 points in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-10, 25-12.
Mesilla Valley Christian School relied on the efforts of Briley Eaton, who had seven digs and four aces, and Kyndal Bagwell, who had five kills and a block. That's the most aces Eaton has posted since back in October.
Mesilla Valley Christian School was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in seven consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Lordsburg lost 3-0 to Cloudcroft on Saturday. The shutout was out of character for the Mavericks seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in October.
While Lordsburg ultimately came up short, they really made Cloudcroft work, particularly in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 26-24, 25-14.
Mesilla Valley Christian School is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-3 record this season. As for Lordsburg, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-7.
Mesilla Valley Christian School beat Lordsburg 3-1 in their previous matchup two weeks ago. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mesilla Valley Christian School since the team 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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