The Sierra Vista Mountain Lions will face off against the Southeast Career Tech Roadrunners at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Sierra Vista is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Green Valley, who was ranked 23rd at the time (Sierra Vista was ranked 16th). Sierra Vista came out on top in a nail-biter against Green Valley on Tuesday, sneaking past 3-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Mountain Lions have posted since February 28th.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (107-106) Sierra Vista actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 25-22, 21-25, 19-25, 25-21, 16-14.
Regi Beshiri
| 03/25/25 vs Green Valley | 16 |
| 03/13/25 vs Spring Valley | 11 |
| 03/12/25 @ Foothill | 13 |
| 03/06/25 @ Coronado | 18 |
| 03/04/25 @ Arbor View | 17 |
| + 45 more games |
Zaihen Arenas-Bailey and Regi Beshiri were among the main playmakers for Sierra Vista as the former had 17 digs and 17 assists and the latter had 16 kills and 11 digs. Beshiri is on a roll when it comes to kills, as he's now had five or more in each of the last 50 games he's played dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Christian Diaz, who had 17 digs and two assists.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Southeast Career Tech, who bounced back after a loss on the road two weeks ago. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Doral Academy Red Rock on Monday. The Roadrunners haven't had any issues with the Dragons recently, as the game was their third consecutive victory against them.
Southeast Career Tech had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 17-25, 28-26, 25-19, 15-10.
Southeast Career Tech's win bumped their record up to 4-9. As for Sierra Vista, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-7.
Sierra Vista was able to grind out a solid win over Southeast Career Tech in their previous meeting back in March of 2022, winning 2-0. Will Sierra Vista repeat their success, or does Southeast Career Tech has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
