Volleyball Preview: Arvada West Wildcats vs. Ralston Valley Mustangs
Arvada West is 0-10 against Ralston Valley since September of 2014 but things could change on Tuesday. After both having extra time off, both will shake off the cobwebs and square off against one another at 6:30 p.m. Arvada West will be coming into the matchup with an undefeated record on the line.
Last Tuesday, everything went Arvada West's way against Northfield as Arvada West made off with a 3-0 victory.
While Arvada West won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-19, 28-26.
Arvada West can attribute much of their success to Brooke Luna, who had ten digs, and Addie Allen, who had ten digs. Allen is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Ralston Valley came tearing into last Thursday's match with three straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the Sun Devils.
Ralston Valley had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 24-26, 25-23, 25-10, 25-14.
Ralston Valley was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 10.6.
Arvada West pushed their record up to 7-0 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Ralston Valley, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season.
Arvada West suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Ralston Valley in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can Arvada West avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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