Volleyball Preview: Pueblo Central Wildcats vs. Pueblo County Hornets
Pueblo Central is 1-9 against Pueblo County since October of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Pueblo Central Wildcats will head out on the road to face off against the Pueblo County Hornets at 6:30 p.m. Both are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Pueblo Central took a loss when they played away from home on Wednesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Pueblo Centennial as Pueblo Central made off with a 3-0 victory. The win was a breath of fresh air for the Wildcats as it put an end to their four-game losing streak.
Pueblo Central never let Pueblo Centennial on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-18, 25-23.
Pueblo Central was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last seven games.
Meanwhile, Pueblo County made easy work of Pueblo South on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Hornets.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Pueblo County took every set by at least 14 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-11, 25-10.
Pueblo Central's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 10-9. As for Pueblo County, they have been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season.
Pueblo Central might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Pueblo County in their previous meeting two weeks ago. Can Pueblo Central avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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