Volleyball Preview: Castle View Sabercats vs. Ponderosa Mustangs
Castle View has won four straight games at home, while Ponderosa has won four straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Tuesday. The Castle View Sabercats will host the Ponderosa Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Castle View is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Rock Canyon just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell 3-1 to the Jaguars. The loss continues a trend for the Sabercats in their matchups with the Jaguars: they've now lost five in a row.
Castle View actually scored more points across those four sets (101-99), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 17-25, 26-24, 30-28, 26-24.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Lauralai Bradley, who had 12 digs and four aces. That's the most aces she has posted since back in August. The team also got some help courtesy of Ariel Heinrich, who had 14 digs.
Even though they lost, Castle View was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in ten consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Ponderosa came up short against Regis Jesuit on Thursday, falling 3-0.
While Ponderosa had to settle for second, they sure made a game of it, scoring at least 19 points in every set they played. The final score came out to 25-19, 25-21, 25-20.
Castle View's defeat dropped their record down to 8-7. As for Ponderosa, their loss dropped their record down to 6-9.
Everything went Castle View's way against Ponderosa when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as Castle View made off with a 3-0 win. Does Castle View have another victory up their sleeve, or will Ponderosa turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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