Volleyball Preview: Sierra Vista Mountain Lions vs. Desert Oasis Diamondbacks
The Sierra Vista Mountain Lions are taking a road trip to challenge the Desert Oasis Diamondbacks at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Sierra Vista is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
Sierra Vista is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Shadow Ridge, who was ranked 18th in their home state at the time (Sierra Vista was ranked seventh). Sierra Vista narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Shadow Ridge 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (98-95) Sierra Vista actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 9-25, 25-18, 21-25, 25-23, 15-7.
Sierra Vista was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Desert Oasis suffered their biggest defeat since September 12th on Monday. They came up short against Arbor View, falling 3-0.
Desert Oasis was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-12, 25-20.
Sierra Vista's win bumped their record up to 15-6. As for Desert Oasis, they have been struggling recently as they've lost ten of their last 12 matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 11-17 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Wednesday's match: Sierra Vista has really dialed in their serving game this season, having averaged 9.6 aces per game. However, it's not like Desert Oasis struggles in that department as they've been averaging 4.7. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Sierra Vista was able to grind out a solid victory over Desert Oasis when the teams last played back in September of 2023, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Sierra Vista since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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