Volleyball Preview: Las Lomas Knights vs. Rancho Cotate Cougars
Las Lomas has been on the road for five straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Rancho Cotate Cougars at 6:30 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Saturday, Las Lomas had just enough and edged Bear River out 2-1.
Las Lomas was staring down a 1-0 deficit headed into the second set, but they rallied to take the next three for the win. After all that action, the final score was 23-25, 25-15, 15-10.
Meanwhile, Rancho Cotate didn't have done well against Santa Rosa recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Everything went Rancho Cotate's way against Santa Rosa as Rancho Cotate made off with a 3-0 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Cougars have posted since August 29th.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-20, 25-14.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Rancho Cotate to victory, but perhaps none more so than Izabella Harumi, who had 14 digs and five aces. The dominant performance gave Harumi a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Josephina Mckee, who had 14 digs and 15 assists.
Rancho Cotate was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Las Lomas' win bumped their record up to 12-2. As for Rancho Cotate, their victory bumped their record up to 6-7.
Las Lomas was able to grind out a solid win over Rancho Cotate in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, winning 2-0. Does Las Lomas have another victory up their sleeve, or will Rancho Cotate turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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