Volleyball Game Preview: Pagosa Springs Pirates vs. Ignacio Bobcats

By Team Reports Oct 15, 2024, 10:18pm

Volleyball Preview: Pagosa Springs Pirates vs. Ignacio Bobcats

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Pagosa Springs has gone 8-1 against Ignacio recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Pagosa Springs Pirates are taking a road trip to take on the Ignacio Bobcats at 6:30 p.m. Pagosa Springs has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with three straight losses, while Ignacio will come in with four straight wins.

Pagosa Springs lost 3-0 to Bayfield on Tuesday.

Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-11, 25-11.

Meanwhile, Ignacio made easy work of Nucla on Saturday and carried off a 3-0 victory.

One reason for the win was Ignacio's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-13, 25-9.

Ignacio found their leader in underclassman Lily Quintana, who had four digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave Quintana a new career-high in aces.

Ignacio was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in four consecutive matches.

Pagosa Springs' defeat dropped their record down to 7-9. As for Ignacio, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-6.

Pagosa Springs came up short against Ignacio when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Pagosa Springs avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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