Volleyball Recap: Kyah Munguya's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Lewis-Palmer over Cheyenne Mountain

By Team Reports Nov 19, 2024, 11:47am

Volleyball Recap: Lewis-Palmer Rangers vs. Cheyenne Mountain Red-Tailed Hawks

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It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Lewis-Palmer can now relate to. They fell just short of the Cheyenne Mountain Red-Tailed Hawks by a score of 3-2 on Friday. The Rangers were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Red-Tailed Hawks apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in October.

Lewis-Palmer started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 18-25, 19-25, 25-20, 25-15, 15-10.

Several Rangers players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Kyah Munguya, who had six digs and 24 assists. Munguya is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 12 or more in the last 16 games she's played.

Kennedy Clement was the offensive standout of the match as she had ten digs.

Lewis-Palmer moved to 20-7 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak. As for Cheyenne Mountain, the victory (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 20-8.

Lewis-Palmer has already played their next contest, a 3-1 loss against Windsor on the 16th. As for Cheyenne Mountain, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 3-2 defeat against Lutheran on the 16th.

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