Volleyball Preview: Sierra Vista Mountain Lions vs. Basic Wolves
Sierra Vista has gone 8-2 against Basic recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The Sierra Vista Mountain Lions will be playing in front of their home fans against the Basic Wolves at 6:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Sierra Vista has three straight victories, Basic has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Sierra Vista is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Liberty, who was ranked seventh in their home state at the time (Sierra Vista was ranked sixth). Sierra Vista had just enough and edged Liberty out 3-2 on Thursday.
Sierra Vista was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-19, 21-25, 25-22, 15-13.
Sierra Vista kept the net locked down and finished the game with ten blocks. That's the most blocks they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Basic came up short against Bishop Gorman on Wednesday, falling 3-0.
The final score came out to 25-12, 25-18, 25-11.
Sierra Vista's win bumped their record up to 17-6. As for Basic, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-10.
Everything went Sierra Vista's way against Basic when the teams last played back in August, as Sierra Vista made off with a 3-0 victory. Does Sierra Vista have another victory up their sleeve, or will Basic turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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