The Grandview Wolves will challenge the Lewis-Palmer Rangers at 11:30 a.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Tuesday, Grandview was able to grind out a solid win over Smoky Hill, taking the game 3-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wolves.
Grandview walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the fourth set). Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 23-25, 25-17, 25-13.
Cheyenne Mountain typically has all the answers at home, but on Thursday Lewis-Palmer proved too difficult a challenge. They came out on top against the Red-Tailed Hawks by a score of 3-1.
Lewis-Palmer 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 21-25, 25-20, 25-17, 26-24.
Grandview better focus on containing Olivia Ivall and Ariana O'Connor as the pair were huge in Lewis-Palmer's win. Ivall had six digs and three aces, while O'Connor had 22 digs and ten kills. O'Connor has been hot, having posted five or more kills the last eight times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Cady Knight, who had 21 digs.
Lewis-Palmer was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 12 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September.
Grandview's record now sits at 8-11. As for Lewis-Palmer, their record is now 12-7.
Grandview came out on top in a nail-biter against Lewis-Palmer in their previous meeting back in November of 2019, sneaking past 3-2. Do the Wolves have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Rangers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
