Volleyball Preview: Evergreen Cougars vs. Green Mountain Rams
Evergreen has been on the road for two straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Green Mountain Rams at 6:30 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
It was a proper cat-fight when Evergreen faced off against D'Evelyn on Tuesday. Everything went Evergreen's way against D'Evelyn as Evergreen made off with a 3-0 victory. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Cougars have posted against the Jaguars since October 30, 2019.
One reason for the win was Evergreen's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-16, 25-12.
Meanwhile, Green Mountain waltzed into their game on Tuesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They blew past the Lobos 3-0.
Green Mountain never let Conifer on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 29-27, 25-11.
Green Mountain 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 five consecutive contests.
Evergreen's victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 5-5. As for Green Mountain, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season.
Evergreen suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Green Mountain in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can Evergreen avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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