Volleyball Preview: Durango Demons vs. Palisade Bulldogs
Durango is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Palisade is on a seven-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Durango Demons will host the Palisade Bulldogs at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Tuesday, Durango didn't have quite enough to beat Bayfield and fell 3-2. While the Demons didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Wolverines 25-23 in the first set.
Durango took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-21, 18-25, 25-16, 17-15.
Durango might have lost, but man, Mia Carozza was a machine: she had 24 digs.
Meanwhile, after a string of 13 wins, Palisade's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Village.
The final score came out to 25-20, 25-27, 25-10, 25-19.
Durango has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-9 record this season. As for Palisade, their defeat ended a ten-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 15-3.
Durango might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Palisade in their previous matchup on October 5th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Palisade's Elizabeth Snover, who had 15 digs and four aces. Now that Durango knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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