Volleyball Preview: Queen Creek Bulldogs vs. Desert Ridge Jaguars
Queen Creek is 9-0-1 against Desert Ridge since October of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. After both having extra time off, both will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 6:00 p.m. Desert Ridge took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Queen Creek, who comes in off a win.
Queen Creek is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: Fossil Ridge, who was ranked fifth at the time (Queen Creek was ranked ninth). Queen Creek had just enough and edged Fossil Ridge out 2-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bulldogs.
Queen Creek had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 25-12, 15-12.
Meanwhile, Desert Ridge came up short against Highland last Thursday and fell 3-1.
The final score came out to 25-17, 17-25, 25-12, 25-13.
Queen Creek's victory bumped their record up to 18-12. As for Desert Ridge, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-8.
Everything went Queen Creek's way against Desert Ridge when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as Queen Creek made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Queen Creek since the team 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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