Volleyball Game Preview: Vail Mountain on Home-Turf

By Team Reports Sep 17, 2024, 1:15am

Volleyball Preview: Vail Mountain Gore Rangers vs. Basalt Longhorns

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The Vail Mountain Gore Rangers will take on the Basalt Longhorns at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Vail Mountain came up short against Rangely on Saturday, falling 3-0. The Gore Rangers haven't had much luck with the Panthers recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.

After all that action, the final score was 25-15, 25-21, 25-15.

Meanwhile, Basalt entered their game against Cedaredge on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Basalt took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Cedaredge.

The final score came out to 25-10, 25-20, 22-25, 25-17.

Even though they lost, Basalt was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in four consecutive contests.

Vail Mountain's loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Basalt, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-2.

Vail Mountain skirted past Basalt 2-1 in their previous meeting back in October of 2017. Does Vail Mountain have another victory up their sleeve, or will Basalt turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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