Volleyball Preview: Tanque Verde Hawks vs. Cienega Bobcats
Tanque Verde is on a eight-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Cienega is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Tanque Verde Hawks will square off against the Cienega Bobcats at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, Tanque Verde got the win against Catalina by a conclusive 3-0.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Tanque Verde took every set by at least 15 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-7, 25-10, 25-9.
Tanque Verde's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Maddy Miller, who had five digs and four aces, and Ava Cheney, who had five aces, four kills, and four digs. The dominant performance gave Miller a new career-high in aces.
Tanque Verde was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 31 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Cienega was able to grind out a solid victory over Flowing Wells on Thursday, taking the game 3-1.
Cienega was especially dominant in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 18-25, 25-13, 25-17.
Reegan Nolan and Bethanie Ihegborow were among the main playmakers for Cienega as the former had eight digs and two aces and the latter had five digs, three kills, and a block. Nolan is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last six games she's played dating back to last season.
Tanque Verde is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 14 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-9 record this season. As for Cienega, the win got them back to even at 11-11.
Tanque Verde skirted past Cienega 2-1 when the teams last played back in October of 2016. Will Tanque Verde repeat their success, or does Cienega have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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